add build rules for new py binding

Makefile.am

@@ -19,6 +19,15 @@ P_COMPILE_DIR =
 P_DIST_DIR = swig
 endif
 
+# turn on vips8 Python if we can 
+if HAVE_PYTHON
+P8_COMPILE_DIR = python
+P8_DIST_DIR =
+else
+P8_COMPILE_DIR = 
+P8_DIST_DIR = python
+endif
+
 if ENABLE_DOCS
 D_DIST_DIR = 
 D_BUILD_DIR = doc
@@ -35,6 +44,7 @@ SUBDIRS = \
 	doc \
 	$(C_COMPILE_DIR) \
 	$(P_COMPILE_DIR) \
+	$(P8_COMPILE_DIR) \
 	$(D_BUILD_DIR) 
 
 EXTRA_DIST = \
@@ -48,6 +58,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	depcomp \
 	$(C_DIST_DIR) \
 	$(P_DIST_DIR) \
+	$(P8_DIST_DIR) \
 	$(D_DIST_DIR)
 
 pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig

TODO

@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 
 - python:
 
-	- can we hook into class method lookup? read the sources again
-
-	- should be a separate package? pyvips?
-
-	  easier to get into CPAN or whatever the python thing is called
-
 	- do more tests
 
 - put exif autorotate into jpeg load

configure.ac

@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([python],
 
 if test x"$with_python" != "xno"; then
   if test x"$enable_cxx" = "xno"; then
-    # if C++ if off, we can't do Python
+    # if C++ is off, we can't do Python
     with_python=no
     AC_MSG_WARN([C++ is off, disabling Python binding])
   else
@@ -823,6 +823,7 @@ AC_OUTPUT([
 	tools/batch_rubber_sheet 
 	tools/light_correct 
 	tools/shrink_width 
+	python/Makefile 
 	swig/Makefile 
 	swig/vipsCC/Makefile 
 	man/Makefile

python/Makefile.am

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+pygioverridesdir = $(pyexecdir)/gi/overrides
+
+pygioverrides_PYTHON = \
+       Vips.py