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Thanks for the comments on Bazel -- I am evaluating a proper build system for us right now for a data science codebase almost entirely in Python, with a lot of

Thanks for the comments on Bazel -- I am evaluating a proper build system for us right now for a data science codebase almost entirely in Python, with a lot of scientific computing dependencies. Bazel doesn't yet seem to have first-class support for Python, so that's out, and I'm running into a lot of problems with Twitter Pants, although their Slack channel is really helpful. Did you ever try using Pants or Buck, or a more barebones approach like Ninja? P.S.: An explanation of the pun on "Basil Fawlty" (as a non-Brit, I thought, what on earth is that?) in the article might be helpful.

humanrebar 9y ago
You might have figured it out already, but: "The plots centre on tense, rude and put-upon owner Basil Fawlty (Cleese)..." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fawlty_Towers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fawlty_Towers
philbarr 9y ago
Classic Basil Fawlty scene when his car breaks down (needs sound, includes swearing): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv0onXhyLlE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv0onXhyLlE Imagine the car is your build tool...
- mnw21cam 9y ago
  Which more recently gave rise to this [0] advert. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9tSN0178Us https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9tSN0178Us
danmux 9y ago
Glad it can help show you some of the pitfalls, though I'm not sure how well our experience extrapolates to a primarily python codebase. I have added a link to the classic scene as referenced by philbarr
danmux 9y ago
Also as you work with Python, you may want to look at the link between Basil Fawlty and your chosen language :)
nine_k 9y ago
(For a mostly-Python shop, I'd consider using [Search domain github.com] https://github.com/waf-project/waf https://github.com/waf-project/waf or scons.org)
jasikpark 9y ago
Using `pipenv`[0] may solve some of your problems, though idk about provisioning cpp dependencies. [0]https://github.com/pypa/pipenv https://github.com/pypa/pipenv
davidstanke 9y ago
Bazel + Python definitely needs some work; if you're interested, check out the recently-formed https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/bazel-sig-python https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/bazel-sig-python to track progress.

humanrebar 9y ago

You might have figured it out already, but: "The plots centre on tense, rude and put-upon owner Basil Fawlty (Cleese)..." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fawlty_Towers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fawlty_Towers

philbarr 9y ago

Classic Basil Fawlty scene when his car breaks down (needs sound, includes swearing): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv0onXhyLlE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv0onXhyLlE Imagine the car is your build tool...

mnw21cam 9y ago
Which more recently gave rise to this [0] advert. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9tSN0178Us https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9tSN0178Us

danmux 9y ago

Glad it can help show you some of the pitfalls, though I'm not sure how well our experience extrapolates to a primarily python codebase. I have added a link to the classic scene as referenced by philbarr

danmux 9y ago

Also as you work with Python, you may want to look at the link between Basil Fawlty and your chosen language :)

nine_k 9y ago

(For a mostly-Python shop, I'd consider using [Search domain github.com] https://github.com/waf-project/waf https://github.com/waf-project/waf or scons.org)

jasikpark 9y ago

Using `pipenv`[0] may solve some of your problems, though idk about provisioning cpp dependencies. [0]https://github.com/pypa/pipenv https://github.com/pypa/pipenv

davidstanke 9y ago

Bazel + Python definitely needs some work; if you're interested, check out the recently-formed https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/bazel-sig-python https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/bazel-sig-python to track progress.