Re: new dh_python proposal

[Bernd Zeimetz <bernd@bzed.de>]

Kumar Appaiah wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 12:00:09PM -0400, anatoly techtonik wrote:
>> Now about the proposal (from newcomer's point of view):
>> dh_python is a shell script -- I have a strong belief that Python
>> package automation scripts should be written in Python, there is no
>> need to learn bashes when you program Python - do not expect that
>> package maintainers will be able to debug their scripts in shell
>> language.
> [skipping the rest of your mail]
> 
> I got the impression that dh_python will be written in Piotr's
> favourite language, Python, but may need to be rewritten in Perl for
> inclusion in debhelper:
> 
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-python/2009/08/msg00006.html

Time for a python binding to debhelper then? ;) But indeed the only proper way
to write a debhelper tool is in perl.

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