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Re: scripts/build/scan-mf-deps: script to generate MF dependencies (issu
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Werner LEMBERG |
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Re: scripts/build/scan-mf-deps: script to generate MF dependencies (issue 553700043 by address@hidden) |
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Sun, 15 Mar 2020 16:09:58 +0100 (CET) |
>> What's the motivation to use Python for all of this?
>
> What's the motivation to use sh for all this?
>
> You can certainly make it shorter with shell, but will it be
> significantly simpler, easier to understand or easier to maintain?
>
> I decided for Python in this case, because recursion seems like
> something I don't want to do in a sh script.
I agree with Han-Wen.
Jonas, the rule is very simple: Use whatever you think is best. A
contributor invests time and has to make sure that the code works and
is well-documented. But why should we enforce a certain programming
language (of the ones we already use, that is)?
For example, if I contributed a more complicated script, it would be
written in Perl...
Werner
- Re: scripts/build/scan-mf-deps: script to generate MF dependencies (issue 553700043 by address@hidden), lemzwerg, 2020/03/14
- Re: scripts/build/scan-mf-deps: script to generate MF dependencies (issue 553700043 by address@hidden), dak, 2020/03/14
- Re: scripts/build/scan-mf-deps: script to generate MF dependencies (issue 553700043 by address@hidden), hanwenn, 2020/03/14
- Re: scripts/build/scan-mf-deps: script to generate MF dependencies (issue 553700043 by address@hidden), lemzwerg, 2020/03/15
- Re: scripts/build/scan-mf-deps: script to generate MF dependencies (issue 553700043 by address@hidden), jonas . hahnfeld, 2020/03/15
- Re: scripts/build/scan-mf-deps: script to generate MF dependencies (issue 553700043 by address@hidden), Han-Wen Nienhuys, 2020/03/15
- Re: scripts/build/scan-mf-deps: script to generate MF dependencies (issue 553700043 by address@hidden),
Werner LEMBERG <=
- Re: scripts/build/scan-mf-deps: script to generate MF dependencies (issue 553700043 by address@hidden), David Kastrup, 2020/03/15
- Re: scripts/build/scan-mf-deps: script to generate MF dependencies (issue 553700043 by address@hidden), Han-Wen Nienhuys, 2020/03/15
- Re: scripts/build/scan-mf-deps: script to generate MF dependencies (issue 553700043 by address@hidden), David Kastrup, 2020/03/15
- Re: scripts/build/scan-mf-deps: script to generate MF dependencies (issue 553700043 by address@hidden), Han-Wen Nienhuys, 2020/03/15
Re: scripts/build/scan-mf-deps: script to generate MF dependencies (issue 553700043 by address@hidden), jonas . hahnfeld, 2020/03/15
Re: scripts/build/scan-mf-deps: script to generate MF dependencies (issue 553700043 by address@hidden), jonas . hahnfeld, 2020/03/15
Re: scripts/build/scan-mf-deps: script to generate MF dependencies (issue 553700043 by address@hidden), jonas . hahnfeld, 2020/03/15