[THRIFT-386] Make it possible to build the Python library without the extension

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.8
• Component/s: Python - Library
• Assignee: Jake Farrell
• Reporter: David Reiss
• Created: 19/Mar/09 21:54
• Updated: 26/Nov/11 05:58
• Resolved: 26/Nov/11 05:24

Description

It should be possible to build and install the Python library even if the headers required to compile the accelerator extension are not available. Ideallly, the configure script should detect this situation automatically.

Issue Links

• relates to: THRIFT-1436 pip install thrift fails on Windows with "Unable to find vcvarsall.bat"