[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] python-cython: new package

Thomas Petazzoni thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com
Sat Nov 25 12:45:11 UTC 2017


Hello,

On Mon,  6 Nov 2017 12:35:39 -0800, Joseph Kogut wrote:


> diff --git a/package/python-cython/Config.in.host b/package/python-cython/Config.in.host
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..69d32d5ab3
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/package/python-cython/Config.in.host
> @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
> +config BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_PYTHON_CYTHON
> +	bool "host python-cython"
> +	help
> +	  The Cython compiler for writing C extensions for the Python
> +	  language.
> +
> +	  http://cython.org/

Could you briefly explain the use-case for Cython, in the context of
Buildroot? How are you using it? To achieve what?

I'm just trying to understand whether it makes sense to have a visible
option in menuconfig for this package (or not).

Thanks!

Thomas
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Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
http://free-electrons.com


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