Re: [Cython] Suggested action for "Python.h not found"

2016-06-08 Thread Nathaniel Smith
On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 10:37 PM, Elizabeth A. Fischer wrote: > Spack gives you complete control over your compiler. This is important if > you're building Python extensions, especially C++-based extensions, which > must be built with the same compilers use to build Python. Just to hopefully avo

Re: [Cython] Suggested action for "Python.h not found"

2016-06-08 Thread Elizabeth A. Fischer
> > Or maybe by default it can just point the user to an Installation Page > which explains in detail what needs to be done to get those headers for > various systems ? I think having this information on an installation instruction page is definitely a good idea. I don't think it makes sense to

Re: [Cython] Suggested action for "Python.h not found"

2016-06-08 Thread Robert Bradshaw
+1, want to submit a pull request? On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 11:28 PM, Abdeali Kothari wrote: > Hi, > > Currently, when a user installs cython, if the Python headers are not found, > an error message saying "Python.h: no such file or directory" is shown > (Example: https://justpaste.it/v0gz). Would

[Cython] Suggested action for "Python.h not found"

2016-06-08 Thread Abdeali Kothari
Hi, Currently, when a user installs cython, if the Python headers are not found, an error message saying "Python.h: no such file or directory" is shown (Example: https://justpaste.it/v0gz). Would it be possible to suggest an action to install the headers ? I found http://trac.cython.org/ticket/24