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. -- Benjamin Drung Debian & Ubuntu Developer
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