Hi Collin,
> Should Python 3.7 be added to DEPENDENCIES or
> should we hold off on that for a bit? Since gnulib-tool.sh can still
> be used.
Good point. Done like this:
2024-04-26 Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org>
Document prerequisite for gnulib-tool.
Suggested by Collin Funk in
<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2024-04/msg00450.html>.
* DEPENDENCIES: Add Python 3.7 as "recommended".
diff --git a/DEPENDENCIES b/DEPENDENCIES
index e396adbd80..b700c05bc6 100644
--- a/DEPENDENCIES
+++ b/DEPENDENCIES
@@ -102,6 +102,19 @@ at any time.
+ Download:
https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gawk/
+* Python 3.7 or newer.
+ * Recommended.
+ Without it, gnulib-tool is between 8 times and 100 times slower and may
lack
+ functionality added after April 2024.
+ + Homepage:
+ https://www.python.org/
+ + Download:
+ https://www.python.org/downloads/
+ + Pre-built package name:
+ - On Debian and Debian-based systems: python3,
+ - On Red Hat distributions: python3.
+ - Other: https://repology.org/project/python/versions
+
* GNU gettext.
+ If your project wants to follow GNU Coding Standards:
+ Always use the newest available gettext release, see
