[Scons-dev] SCons doesn't bootstrap without libxml2

[Dirk Bächle]

On 19.02.2014 00:14, anatoly techtonik wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 2:08 AM, Dirk Bächle <tshortik at gmx.de> wrote:

>> [...]

>>

>> Okay, and when you have a simple SConstruct in a folder like

>> "/tmp/sconstest", change into this folder via "cd /tmp/sconstest" and then

>> call

>>

>> python /full/path/to/scons/repo/bootstrap.py

>>

>> , does that work in 2.3.0 without having libxml2/lxml installed or do you

>> see an error?

> There is no error and should not be.


Good, so you are able to develop SCons and run a checked-out, or even 
modified, version of SCons against a build project, right?
Because in your earlier mail you said:

"

My opinion is that by adding additional dependencies to run the SCons
without errors from a fresh checkout we are significantly increasing
contribution
barrier and discouraging people from participating.

People need to checkout and run to see the power of SCons. Not read,
checkout, install, setup, run cycle. Something like this.

"
But this is obviously not the case. When following the first 
instructions in the top-level README.rst, people are able to call SCons 
without installing it and without having to resolve any further 
dependencies. So there is actually no reason to fear that users or 
first-time developers get a bad first impression of SCons, when they try 
to use the latest development version.
Can you see that too, and agree with me that we don't have a real 
problem in this very specific use case (cloning the repo, and calling 
SCons directly)?