[llvm-dev] Python build dependency in LLVM and/or clang?

Joerg Sonnenberger via llvm-dev
Fri, 05 Jul 2019 12:00:36 -0000

On Fri, Jul 05, 2019 at 10:43:12AM +0000, Simon Tatham via llvm-dev
wrote:
> But before I do that, I wanted to check whether there would be any
> objection on grounds of build dependencies. Is it acceptable to require
Python
> as part of the normal build process for LLVM?

At the moment, Python is not truely necessary for building LLVM. The
cmake build system depends on it for some parts, but that's all. I would
be very sad for that to change.

Joerg