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

2016-06-09 Thread Nathaniel Smith
On Jun 9, 2016 6:28 AM, "Elizabeth A. Fischer" < elizabeth.fisc...@columbia.edu> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 2:49 AM, Nathaniel Smith wrote: >> >> On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 10:37 PM, Elizabeth A. Fischer >> wrote: >> > Spack gives you complete control over your compiler. This is important

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

2016-06-09 Thread Elizabeth A. Fischer
On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 2:49 AM, Nathaniel Smith wrote: > 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 bu

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

2016-06-09 Thread Erik Bray
On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 7:37 AM, Elizabeth A. Fischer wrote: >> 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

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