Re: Python in package development?
> As you may noticed ;), most of the Debian packages now use Perl in their
> build-time and install-time scripts.
I don't care about build-time but care about install-time.
> Why is this? Perhaps, we can make some version of python to be
> "default" (Just like we do now with 2.1), and make it a build-essential,
> and base? Then, we could write a python-debconf, etc., and use
> Our Favourite Language to develop packages for Our Favourite Distro?
No. I would prefer to drop Perl from base than adding Python to it.
And if that means rewriting postinst scripts in shell and not in
Python...
Regards,
Frederic
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