Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 02:39:58 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Resolution (Was: Re: The future of perl on FreeBSD) Message-ID: <20020509093958.GA36741@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <200205090931.g499VgjV094375@grimreaper.grondar.org> References: <200205072241.g47Mf0jV002339@grimreaper.grondar.org> <200205090931.g499VgjV094375@grimreaper.grondar.org>
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* Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> [020509 02:35] wrote: > > So it looks like FreeBSD gets to ditch perl from the OS. I will do this. Woohoo! > There are some issues to deal with. > > 1) There are some perl scripts in the base OS that need to be either > ditched or rewritten. Yes. > 2) The exact method of providing perl to the user base needs to be > rounded off. Here are some suggestions for this: > a) Rely entirely on the port and leave it at that. > b) Install the port at install time in a similar way to the > way we currently install XFree86. > c) Install a wrapper in /usr/bin/perl that runs the real > perl from whereever it is. b makes the most sense as long as it's optional. > 3) Fix the ports system such that USE_PERL makes an appropriate > dependancy on the perl port, and does not assume perl in the > base OS. > 4) Fix ports that do things like "perl -spi -e '<script>' <files>" > to use whatever comes out of the current "sed -[Ii]" discussion > instead. Both points are valid, but fixing can come later, rather than waiting for 1000s of packages to be fixed, just do the switch, we'll catch up. :) > Any _strong_ feelings on any of these? Any volunteers? Just 'phk' it, people will be forced to clean up. -- -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' Tax deductible donations for FreeBSD: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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