Hello. 2013/01/17 21:32:08 -0700 Warren Block <wbl...@wonkity.com> => To Xyne : WB> On Fri, 18 Jan 2013, Xyne wrote: WB> WB> > I'm the author of svn-export. I haven't really touched the code since I wrote WB> > it in 2009 and back then I tended to write most things in noobish Perl.
I shouldn't name your 2009 Perl that bad. ;-) WB> > Although it should not be difficult to replace threading with forking (and I WB> > agree that Perl threading is generally to be avoided), I think I would rather WB> > just rewrite it cleanly in Python. Among other things it will simplify argument WB> > parsing and subprocess invocation via standard library functions. No objection. As a bonus it will run on fork()less ms-windows. WB> > This would be in Python 3 but I could try to restrict it to be compatible with WB> > Python 2 if necessary. I have no idea if it is. I use python only as a build dependency yet and for my pretty old freebsd the versions are: python26-2.6.7_3 python27-2.7.3 WB> > Would that be better than patching/porting the current Perl version? If so then WB> > I will put it on my todo list, but I am unlikely to have any time in the coming WB> > weeks to work on it. I don't know which one is best. Some proposals I will draft later believing those are language-independent. I know svn has some perl bindings I think just for the scripts like 'svn-export' I wish it used. Does svn have ones for python also? WB> A working version in any language would be great. A better version in WB> Python would be nice, too, but it's the working part that's important. WB> WB> > Incidentally, when looking at the code now I noticed that there were some SVN WB> > options missing. I have added those in today's release. Wow. ;-) WB> > p.s. I have not subscribed to this list, so please keep me in CC if you would WB> > like me to reply (in case this isn't done automatically). WB> WB> It's standard procedure for the FreeBSD lists. Good I know this, too. Thank you. -- Peter Vereshagin <pe...@vereshagin.org> (http://vereshagin.org) pgp: 1754B9C1 _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
