On Jun 2, 2013, at 2:08 PM, Greg Stein <[email protected]> wrote: > Per Alan's wanting to do some Python work... anybody have any problem > with [the project] converting the Perl scripts over to Python? > > While I can manage some Perl with perlman in front of me, I think > we're all more comfortable with Python. We have 1492 lines of Perl. > Looking at the long (make_issue.pl), it is more text than code. We > should be able to port the scripts over one at a time. > > (and note that wrapsuid.c is agnostic about the target program) > > I'm also thinking we could write a ./configure script in Python. > Normally, it is shell, but if Steve requires Python, then I see no > problem with configure being in Python. (specifically, I'm looking at > grp.getgrnam() (and similar for user id) to map a human name to an ID, > rather than hard-coding in Makefile)
+1 for Python IMO, we should structure it like a standard Python project w/ setup.py, etc. Regards, Alan
