Re: Python package with some rust dependency

[Alexis Simon <alexis.simon@runbox.com>]

Fair enough, I just meant that it's pretty hard as a newcomer to know 
which build system You're supposed to use to start with when 
encountering a project where several languages are used.

Alexis

On 13/02/2024 13:46, Carlo Zancanaro wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 13 2024, Alexis Simon wrote:
>> Ok, this seems really counter intuitive though to go and use the cargo
>> build system for a python package only have a tiny part in rust.
> 
> I'm not sure why this is counter-intuitive. The existence of any rust at
> all means you need to build rust code. The normal way to do that in Guix
> is to use the cargo-build-system.
> 
> Equally, I don't find it strange that the upstream build instructions[1]
> ask me to install a rust compiler and cbindgen. I need to do that if I
> want to build rust code.
> 
> It's also worth noting that there are 22 packages in Cargo.lock[2], so
> building the one rust file in the repository is a bit more involved.
> 
> Carlo
> 
> [1]: https://molpopgen.github.io/fwdpy11/misc/developersguide.html
> [2]: https://github.com/molpopgen/fwdpy11/blob/main/rust/fp11rust/Cargo.lock