Creating a Makefile for virtual development environments

[bayesflows]

Hello @fumitoh,

Thanks for your fast validation of my last merge request.

Now, would you be interested in me doing a PR with a Makefile file that automatically creates a virtual Python development environment with the right libraries ?

Have a nice day

[fumitoh]

Hi @bayesflows ,

Do you or someone else need it? What's the use case?

BTW, thanks for the last PR.

[bayesflows]

This allows the user to have all the necessary libraries and versions simply by running the documented make setup or make install commands.
And the biggest advantage is that creating a virtual development environment means that users don't have to install the necessary Python libraries on their Python system (because they install them in their venv). This ensures that there are no conflicts between libraries installed for different code repositories.

[fumitoh]

OK, the PR for includig a Makefile would be helpful. Thanks!

[bayesflows]

Thanks for your confirmation. I also forgot to mention that the makefile can also be used to automate local testing via the “make test” command, perform syntax checks with “make lint,” and standardize file formats with “make format.”