From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Sun Jun 17 10:06:39 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1473810188AE for ; Sun, 17 Jun 2018 10:06:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dim@FreeBSD.org) Received: from tensor.andric.com (tensor.andric.com [87.251.56.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "tensor.andric.com", Issuer "COMODO RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A028E685B7 for ; Sun, 17 Jun 2018 10:06:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dim@FreeBSD.org) Received: from coleburn.home.andric.com (coleburn.home.andric.com [192.168.0.15]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by tensor.andric.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 47C864C76A; Sun, 17 Jun 2018 12:06:36 +0200 (CEST) From: Dimitry Andric Message-Id: Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Apple-Mail=_9B730CC7-EB05-412C-A2A6-2FECB29DC695"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 11.4 \(3445.8.2\)) Subject: Re: Removing git dependencies on perl5 and python27 Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2018 12:06:32 +0200 In-Reply-To: Cc: Franco Fichtner , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Michael Gmelin , Adam Weinberger To: Mahmoud Al-Qudsi References: <0DF706C2-DD9D-45DB-968F-8599D88D7622@grem.de> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.8.2) X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2018 10:06:39 -0000 --Apple-Mail=_9B730CC7-EB05-412C-A2A6-2FECB29DC695 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On 17 Jun 2018, at 00:04, Mahmoud Al-Qudsi wrote: >=20 > On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 3:24 AM, Franco Fichtner = wrote: >> The bottom line is that excluding Perl and Python support from git >> will make it only usable for automated shell scripting. >>=20 >> Interactive parts require Perl or Python so there is nothing to be >> gained from breaking POLA for existing users of the git FreeBSD >> package or git software in general as any random tutorial out there >> may not work for FreeBSD anymore. >>=20 >> For emphasis, this is suboptimal at best... >=20 > I did not realize that even basic functionality like `git add -i` = required > perl; I am very surprised that isn't implemented in C (at least by = now). Git was started as a random collection of perl scripts, shell scripts and a smattering of C sources originally. Since there is no (or does not seem to be) any overall architecture, it does not seem likely that this will ever be solved. :) > Personally speaking, it is the dependency on python27 rather than = perl5 that I > find more distasteful (due to the size and scope). Do you know what = features > python unlocks? (Not that this proposal has half as much bite if perl5 = is > retained..) You can disable the python dependency by unchecking the CONTRIB and P4 port options. -Dimitry --Apple-Mail=_9B730CC7-EB05-412C-A2A6-2FECB29DC695 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Message signed with OpenPGP -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.2 iF0EARECAB0WIQR6tGLSzjX8bUI5T82wXqMKLiCWowUCWyYyqAAKCRCwXqMKLiCW o6fyAJ9PtUZFy/l+zOMicDMmpq52cTWQugCfeHaHRN7Yo27bbnShn9ec7/WL17M= =U2qd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail=_9B730CC7-EB05-412C-A2A6-2FECB29DC695--