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DOC: install from git instructions should mention submodules initialization #25132
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[-]Especially for people who only build numpy from source occasionally, I think it would be helpful to add this step to the current dev `INSTALL.rst` and "Install from source" instructions (https://numpy.org/devdocs/user/building.html#basic-installation).[/-][+]DOC: install from git instructions should mention submodules initialization[/+]on Nov 13, 2023 I also just ran into this: I had an older numpy clone, which I updated with
git pull(which doesn't update the submodules), and tried to install the latest main withpip install. I have to say this is a quite confusing error message ;) (because I did have meson installed, and it was a more recent version)It's especially confusing because the message you get is "meson-python: error: Could not find meson version 0.63.3 or newer, found .", which is not using the custom "1.2.99" version of the vendored meson.
But I assume it's beyond numpy's control to customize that message? (since it's coming from meson-python)
Thanks for updating this!
Especially for people who only build numpy from source occasionally, I think it would be helpful to add the git submodule init step to the current dev
INSTALL.rstand "Install from source" instructions (https://numpy.org/devdocs/user/building.html#basic-installation).I was also confused by this error message and it was only after trying to build with
spinthat I got more a helpful error message. Themeson-pythonrequirement at the top ofpyproject.tomllooks straight-forward at first glance and thevendored-meson/...lines are quite buried in the details. And no amount of verbose pip really helps you figure out what's going on.Originally posted by @adrianeboyd in #25084 (comment)