Features¶

Main features currently implemented¶

Package are described in a declarative file (inspired from Cabal and RPM .spec files), so you can easily introspect basic features of packages without running any python code (besides bento).
A command line interface to configure, build, install projects.
Easy integration with native filesystem conventions: every install directory is customizable at the configure stage (autoconf-inspired).
Building eggs without depending on setuptools.
Simple C-extension building framework, with content-based automatic dependency tracking, and parallel build support.
Recursive package description support
Hooks for customizing arbitrary stages (configure, build, etc...)
Easy to implement new commands
Windows installer support and basic egg support.
Scons/waf libraries to interact with Scons and Waf build tools, so that complex packages can have access to a real build system with dependencies handling.