Re: when and why did python(-minimal) become essential?
Stephen Gran <sgran@debian.org> writes:
> On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 02:55:57PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
>> Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org> writes:
>>
>> > Sorry, but there's a whole new generation of Debian developers here
>> > that simply won't develop anything in perl, just because perl looks
>> > too complex and cryptic to us. Now, with bash, perl and python, we
>> > can deal with the scripting needs for at least a few releases;
>> > trying to anticipate what will happen later is pure speculation.
>>
>> I'm in that category too. Perl has always looked crazy to me.
>
> Your unwillingness or inability to learn something new is no reason to
> bloat base unnecessarily. But we have had this discussion already, and
> it was, AFAICR, settled. Or are you just down to replying randomly to
> every email you see?
Um, are you aware of the context? I'm not in favor of putting python
in base, and I'm quite content to leave perl as the one supported
high-level interpreter.
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