Re: [PATCH] docs: document what configure does with virtual environments

2023-11-10 Thread Paolo Bonzini
On Thu, Nov 9, 2023 at 10:35 PM John Snow wrote: > > > +The venv resides in the ``pyvenv`` directory in the build tree, > > > +and provides consistency in how the build process runs Python code. > > > +In particular it avoids a potential mismatch, where Meson and Sphinx > > > > I think you can dro

Re: [PATCH] docs: document what configure does with virtual environments

2023-11-09 Thread John Snow
Whoops, didn't mean to reply off-list. On Thu, Nov 9, 2023 at 4:34 PM John Snow wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 9, 2023 at 10:59 AM Paolo Bonzini wrote: > > > > Given the recent confusion around how QEMU detects the system > > Meson installation, and/or decides to install its own, it is > > time to fill

[PATCH] docs: document what configure does with virtual environments

2023-11-09 Thread Paolo Bonzini
Given the recent confusion around how QEMU detects the system Meson installation, and/or decides to install its own, it is time to fill in the "Python virtual environments and the QEMU build system" section of the documentation. As a curiosity, a first and partial draft of the text was generated b