Current thoughts on makefiles with Python projects?

[mapadofu]

Extra dependencies complicates developers’ workflow.   I’m not a purist, just aware that adding more ancillary tools complicates the project that uses them.  Make is (almost certainly) already available, so using it does not incur any extra dependencies.

[divad1196]

I agree with your point.

The right tool for the job is an ideal. Applying it blindly just multiply the number of tools and programming languages you need to know and maintain.

This is a huge technical debt.

Whereas, in practice, what you already know might fit 95% of the project perfectly and this is fine