Re: [perl #43857] [TODO] Refactor config probes that are used only by language implementation

2008-09-12 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 03:47:27PM +0200, NotFound wrote: > >> Defining the hash entries for the subs in PIR syntax is awful. > >> So I envision Makefile.pl, Makefile.nqp or Makefile.p6 for this syntax. > >> For p6 we must ensure that every parrot package has a perl6 also then. Not > >> good. > >>

[perl #43857] [TODO] Refactor config probes that are used only by language implementation

2008-09-12 Thread James Keenan via RT
Resolved.

[perl #43857] [TODO] Refactor config probes that are used only by language implementation

2008-09-12 Thread James Keenan via RT
On Fri Sep 12 02:18:57 2008, bernhard wrote: > James Keenan via RT schrieb: > > I'm trying to see if we can move this ticket toward resolution. > > > > And that's where discussion left off three months ago. I am > > recommending the following: > > > > (1) Mark this ticket resolved. > > (2) Condu

Re: [perl #43857] [TODO] Refactor config probes that are used only by language implementation

2008-09-12 Thread NotFound
>> Defining the hash entries for the subs in PIR syntax is awful. >> So I envision Makefile.pl, Makefile.nqp or Makefile.p6 for this syntax. >> For p6 we must ensure that every parrot package has a perl6 also then. Not >> good. >> So pl, pir or the simple nqp. > > The libs and scripts could be writ

Re: [perl #43857] [TODO] Refactor config probes that are used only by language implementation

2008-09-12 Thread Bernhard Schmalhofer
Reini Urban via RT schrieb: Defining the hash entries for the subs in PIR syntax is awful. So I envision Makefile.pl, Makefile.nqp or Makefile.p6 for this syntax. For p6 we must ensure that every parrot package has a perl6 also then. Not good. So pl, pir or the simple nqp. The libs and script

Re: [perl #43857] [TODO] Refactor config probes that are used only by language implementation

2008-09-12 Thread Bernhard Schmalhofer
James Keenan via RT schrieb: I'm trying to see if we can move this ticket toward resolution. I think that it has remained unresolved for so long because the original post originally called for two steps: (a) removal from Configure.pl of configuration steps which probed for features only used in

Re: [perl #43857] [TODO] Refactor config probes that are used only by language implementation

2008-09-12 Thread Reini Urban
2008/6/22 jerry gay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 3:38 AM, Bernhard Schmalhofer > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> James Keenan via RT schrieb: >>> >>> On Fri Jul 13 09:58:33 2007, bernhard wrote: >>> There are several config probes that are only used for language imple

Re: [perl #43857] [TODO] Refactor config probes that are used only by language implementation

2008-09-11 Thread jerry gay
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 4:47 PM, James Keenan via RT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to see if we can move this ticket toward resolution. I think > that it has remained unresolved for so long because the original post > originally called for two steps: (a) removal from Configure.pl of > c

[perl #43857] [TODO] Refactor config probes that are used only by language implementation

2008-09-11 Thread James Keenan via RT
I'm trying to see if we can move this ticket toward resolution. I think that it has remained unresolved for so long because the original post originally called for two steps: (a) removal from Configure.pl of configuration steps which probed for features only used in specific language implementati

[perl #43857] [TODO] Refactor config probes that are used only by language implementation

2008-06-22 Thread James Keenan via RT
On Sun Jun 22 03:39:37 2008, bernhard wrote: > > So 'has_gnu_m4' is not essential to the implementation of 'Parrot m4'. > In r28633 I removed the use of 'has_gnu_m4' and the config step > auto::m4.pm can now be removed. > Done. Patch applied in r28656 > But the real scope of ticket RT#43857

Re: [perl #43857] [TODO] Refactor config probes that are used only by language implementation

2008-06-22 Thread jerry gay
On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 3:38 AM, Bernhard Schmalhofer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > James Keenan via RT schrieb: >> >> On Fri Jul 13 09:58:33 2007, bernhard wrote: >> >>> >>> There are several config probes that are only used for language >>> implementations. >>> Examples are config/auto/m4.pm and c

Re: [perl #43857] [TODO] Refactor config probes that are used only by language implementation

2008-06-22 Thread Bernhard Schmalhofer
James Keenan via RT schrieb: On Fri Jul 13 09:58:33 2007, bernhard wrote: There are several config probes that are only used for language implementations. Examples are config/auto/m4.pm and config/auto/python.pm. Please find attached two files. The first greps the repository for men

[perl #43857] [TODO] Refactor config probes that are used only by language implementation

2008-06-11 Thread James Keenan via RT
On Fri Jul 13 09:58:33 2007, bernhard wrote: > There are several config probes that are only used for language > implementations. > Examples are config/auto/m4.pm and config/auto/python.pm. > > In order to improve the seperation of concerns, these probes should be > moved to a > separate directo

[perl #43857] [TODO] Refactor config probes that are used only by language implementation

2007-07-13 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Bernhard Schmalhofer # Please include the string: [perl #43857] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=43857 > There are several config probes that are only used for language implementations