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meson-python
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- Version
- 0.18.0
- Maintainers
- 2
.. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 The meson-python developers
.. SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
meson-python
meson-python is a Python build back-end built on top of the Meson__
build system. It enables using Meson for the configuration and build
steps of Python packages. Meson is an open source build system meant
to be both extremely fast, and, even more importantly, as user
friendly as possible. meson-python is best suited for building
Python packages containing extension modules implemented in languages
such as C, C++, Cython, Fortran, Pythran, or Rust. Consult the
documentation__ for more details.
Questions regarding the use of meson-python can be directed to the
discussions__ space on GitHub. Bug reports and feature requests can be
filed as GitHub issues__.
__ https://mesonbuild.com/ __ https://mesonbuild.com/meson-python/ __ https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson-python/discussions/ __ https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson-python/issues/
FAQs
Meson Python build backend (PEP 517)
We found that meson-python demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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