[llvm-dev] Python build dependency in LLVM and/or clang?

[Joerg Sonnenberger via llvm-dev]

On Fri, Jul 05, 2019 at 10:43:12AM +0000, Simon Tatham via llvm-dev wrote:
> But before I do that, I wanted to check whether there would be any
> objection on grounds of build dependencies. Is it acceptable to require Python
> as part of the normal build process for LLVM?

At the moment, Python is not truely necessary for building LLVM. The
cmake build system depends on it for some parts, but that's all. I would
be very sad for that to change.

Joerg