From: Petr Baudis Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:55:29 GMT Subject: Re: Libification project (SoC) Message-ID: <20070316125529.GD4489@pasky.or.cz> In-Reply-To: <20070316045928.GB31606@spearce.org> On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 05:59:28AM CET, Shawn O. Pearce wrote: > "Luiz Fernando N. Capitulino" wrote: > > 3. I don't code in Perl, is it a problem? I mean, the project's > > goal is to have a Perl binding but I think it goes far from > > that: we could have a python module, a C program, or anything > > that shows the libgit is useful. > > No, I don't see that as a problem at all. We have some Perl > experts on the mailing list who would like to see Perl bindings. > Some of the Perl binding is pure C code, and some if it is this > weird Perl macro language... so I expect those Perl experts to come > out of the woodwork and help the community to create a prototype > set of bindings. There's also Ruby and Python interests around, > so we may see bindings for those too. ;-) I'll add perl binding as soon as libgit part is there; the infrastructure is already in place (not now but it's in git history, you just have to dig it out), so it should be pretty easy too; so even if I wouldn't, someone surely will. ;-) I don't think knowing Perl or moreover the Perl XS horrors should be a prerequisite for this project. -- Petr "Pasky" Baudis Stuff: http://pasky.or.cz/ Ever try. Ever fail. No matter. // Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett