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authorRalf Gommers <ralf.gommers@googlemail.com>2015-01-20 08:45:56 +0100
committerRalf Gommers <ralf.gommers@googlemail.com>2015-01-20 22:16:52 +0100
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DOC: add "build and test" section to developer guide. Closes gh-5465.
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@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ at python.org Python, Homebrew and MacPorts::
pip install numpy
+.. _building-from-source:
+
Building from source
====================
@@ -108,6 +110,11 @@ The NumPy build system uses ``distutils`` and ``numpy.distutils``.
``setuptools`` is only used when building via ``pip`` or with ``python
setupegg.py``. Using ``virtualenv`` should work as expected.
+*Note: for build instructions to do development work on NumPy itself, see
+:ref:`development-environment`*.
+
+.. _parallel-builds:
+
Parallel builds
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~