Re: new scripts and patches for devscripts
On Tue, 2011-05-24 at 23:51 +0200, Benjamin Drung wrote:
> Am Samstag, den 21.05.2011, 21:41 +0200 schrieb Tshepang Lekhonkhobe:
> > On Thu, 2011-03-10 at 00:26 +0100, Benjamin Drung wrote:
> > > Am Mittwoch, den 09.03.2011, 12:26 -0500 schrieb James Vega:
> > > > On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 7:12 PM, Benjamin Drung <bdrung@debian.org> wrote:
> > > > > Am Mittwoch, den 09.03.2011, 00:05 +0000 schrieb Roger Leigh:
> > > > >> On Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 11:01:12PM +0100, Benjamin Drung wrote:
> > > > >> > Should these script moved from ubuntu-dev-tools into devscripts?
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> > Most of the script are written in Python. Rewriting them to get them
> > > > >> > included in devscripts is too much work without benefit. devscripts
> > > > >> > would depend on python then.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Most of the scripts are short. Rewriting would be fairly simple, and
> > > > >> may be beneficial in removing the Ubuntu-specific bits.
> > > > >
> > > > > What speaks against having these script in python? Is python too heavy
> > > > > for a _development_ machine?
> > > >
> > > > It's not just about a package dependency. It's more about restricting
> > > > the knowledge base required for those maintaining the package.
> > > >
> > > > Considering that scripts are contributed to devscripts and the support
> > > > burden is then commonly left on the shoulders of those maintaining
> > > > devscripts instead of the original script author, it's in our interest
> > > > to maintain a consistent set of languages that we are willing to
> > > > support. This is currently Perl and shell.
> > > >
> > > > So yes, IMO, accepting scripts written in Python (or any other language)
> > > > is too heavy. Not for a "_development_ machine", but for a maintenance
> > > > team. If people choose to ignore our requirement and develop scripts in
> > > > other languages, then they can deal with the consequences.
> > >
> > > Stefano Rivera (stefanor) and I offer to maintain the Python scripts in
> > > devscripts. Is it enough to have at two DDs to support Python?
> >
> > Has this issue been resolved? Has this question been answered by
> > devscripts maintainers?
>
> We managed to alleviate the concerns / weaken the resistance. The two
> Python scripts suspicious-source and wrap-and-sort landed in the
> devscripts git master branch and will be included in the upcoming
> upload.
Okay, thanks.
What about the rest? Is this discussed some place public? This thread
makes it look like there was indecision. What did I miss?
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