Re: dpkg-scanlibs
On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 07:08:27PM -0600, Chris Lawrence wrote:
> On Feb 26, Evan Prodromou wrote:
> > JG> (Although if dpkg-dev ends up in Python, I might just have to
> > JG> learn Python and rewrite devscripts in Python too. Grrr.)
>
> Anyway (returning to Julian's comment), why on earth would the
> language X is coded in affect the language Y is coded in, if Y only
> calls X via the shell? If your package depends on bits of dpkg-dev
> being written in Perl, you have much more serious problems than your
> taste in programming languages...
Primarily because certain parts of devscripts are designed to
perfectly mimic the behaviour of parts of dpkg-dev (for example
debsign). Yes, I could leave it in Perl, but code reuse and
consistency tends to make me think that having it in the same language
as dpkg-dev would make things easier for everyone, once I've learnt
Python, that is ;-)
Julian
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