Darren J Moffat wrote:
> James Carlson wrote:
>> Darren J Moffat writes:
>>>> HOWEVER, I would really, really have preferred to see PSARC discourage
>>>> or even disallow the use of perl for "core platform technology".
>>>> (This
>>>> goes for Python, Tcl, and some of the other scripting languages that
>>>> abound these days.)
>>> I don't think ARC is the place to do this. It isn't really
>>> architecture but more implementation. The C-Teams for the various
>>> consolidations together with the OpenSolaris communities that
>>> represent the consolidations can create such rules if they wish.
>>
>> I disagree. The burden placed on the overall system due to the use of
>> Perl (or any other implementation choice) _is_ an architectural issue.
>
> Given that Perl is part of the minimal install image there doesn't
> seem to be a problem here.
>
> Now adding Python or other language runtime of choice into the minimal
> install image would be architectural, but Perl is already there.
>
I guess I was whining about the past decision that resulted in the
current state of affairs. I strongly wish that PSARC had exercised its
power to effect a different outcome in the past.
In the future, I'd love to be able to create a minimal install _without_
perl. I'm not sure that this is achievable with the current set of
dependencies, but I would greatly prefer to see such dependencies
reduced, rather than increased.
As a 38MB package, perl contributes a great deal to the increase in the
size of the "minimal install".
(Note that for 5.6.1 it was "only" 19MB.)
-- Garrett
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