This page exists to discuss the best way for developers to debug Mapnik.

Currently I have these questions:

• What's the best way to get a Python build with debugging symbols? Will adding -g suffice? Is --with-pydebug needed?
• Do we need to compile the Boost libraries with debugging symbols as well?
• Is anything different for FreeBSD?

References

• http://wiki.python.org/moin/DebuggingWithGdb
• http://www.boost.org/libs/python/doc/v2/faq.html#debugging