On Sat, Dec 01, 2012 at 10:07PM, Eric Yang wrote: > -1, +1, -1 > > Python has fairly inconsistent support across all major OS vendors. It is > hard to get it right unless the scripts are all designed to make use of > Python 2.4. However, Python 2.4 doesn't have necessary OS features to make > Python useful in runtime or build environment unless you write a lot of > custom modules. Which defeats the purpose to use python as intermediate > layer to do OS dependent work. Jruby may be a better choice.
JRuby? Really? Groovy is already there and it is really a Java dialect unlike JRuby. And yes - it is quite suitable for build things, considering the use of it in BigTop Cos > On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Joep Rottinghuis > <jrottingh...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > 0, 0, -1 (non-binding) > > > > Joep > > > > On Nov 24, 2012, at 12:13 PM, Matt Foley <ma...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > For discussion, please see previous thread "[PROPOSAL] introduce Python > > as > > > build-time and run-time dependency for Hadoop and throughout Hadoop > > stack". > > > > > > This vote consists of three separate items: > > > > > > 1. Contributors shall be allowed to use Python as a platform-independent > > > scripting language for build-time tasks, and add Python as a build-time > > > dependency. > > > Please vote +1, 0, -1. > > > > > > 2. Contributors shall be encouraged to use Maven tasks in combination > > with > > > either plug-ins or Groovy scripts to do cross-platform build-time tasks, > > > even under ant in Hadoop-1. > > > Please vote +1, 0, -1. > > > > > > 3. Contributors shall be allowed to use Python as a platform-independent > > > scripting language for run-time tasks, and add Python as a run-time > > > dependency. > > > Please vote +1, 0, -1. > > > > > > Note that voting -1 on #1 and +1 on #2 essentially REQUIRES contributors > > to > > > use Maven plug-ins or Groovy as the only means of cross-platform > > build-time > > > tasks, or to simply continue using platform-dependent scripts as is being > > > done today. > > > > > > Vote closes at 12:30pm PST on Saturday 1 December. > > > --------- > > > Personally, my vote is +1, +1, +1. > > > I think #2 is preferable to #1, but still has many unknowns in it, and > > > until those are worked out I don't want to delay moving to cross-platform > > > scripts for build-time tasks. > > > > > > Best regards, > > > --Matt > >
