build-sys: add configure option to disable installation of Python module #318
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Distributions often have their own guidelines regarding installation of Python modules (e.g. Arch Linux mandates using
--optimize=1
forsetup.py install
, which the Makefile in this project does not do). Add an option--disable-python-installation
(disabled by default) to allow skipping the Python installation process entirely so that distributions can take care of this process manually in their preferred way.