Volker Hilsheimer (8 December 2023 23:55) wrote (inter alia):
>>>> Would it make a huge difference if we didn’t require perl (and IIRC
>>>> we only need it for the init-repository script)?
On Thu, Jan 04, 2024 at 11:35:45AM +0000, Edward Welbourne via Development
wrote:
>> Our post-commit hook also invokes sanitize-commit, which is a perl
>> script.
>>
>> Of course, it would not be beyond the wit of developers to rewrite
>> both into python; [...]
Oswald Buddenhagen (4 January 2024 15:15) wrote:
> this whole "get rid of perl for the sake of windows users" is a
> monumental red herring. because ...
Just to be clear here, while maybe Volker's reason for suggesting we
ditch perl might have been about windows users, *my* reason for wanting
to ditch perl is that I do not enjoy maintaining perl scripts.
Eddy.
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