Re: problems build root on OSX against non-system python version

From: Chris Jones <jonesc_at_hep.phy.cam.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:27:23 +0100


>

>> I think as far as users are concerned it is irrelevant which part of 'ROOT'
>> doesn't support python 3.2. If *any* bit doesn't, then as a whole ROOT doesn't.

>
> arguably, that would depend on the actual needs of the user:
>
> ./configure --disable-reflex --disable-cintex
>
> will do the trick if the user does not have Reflex dictionaries, but only
> CINT dictionaries. ROOT itself uses CINT dictionaries.
>
> My main point was (and is) that p3.x is a hassle that isn't worth it, unless
> there is a demand for it and I don't think that demand will come from the
> experiments due to the increased memory requirements. Even in PyROOT, there
> are a couple of corner cases that are supported in p2 and not in p3, since
> no-one has asked for them so far.

No arguments from me there. I only tried building against py 3.X for kicks to see what happened and to report back…. If it isn't supported for the moment then fine by me…

Chris

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