Re: Re: Python extension commands in git - request for policy change

From: Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
Date: Nov 25, 2012, 10:33 UTC
Message-ID: <20121125103316.GA24514@thyrsus.com>
In-Reply-To: <CABNJ2G+CevGU=-DjC073yGv0gupd9QK6eyjhrrQTNNmTkq_fxg@mail.gmail.com>

Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@gmail.com>:

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> Git for Windows simply ships everything we need to run git - so if a
> desirable module requires a version of python, we will add that
> version plus any required modules into the installer. We already have
> a patch to provide python in the msysgit tree - it would just require
> polishing up a little. I'm certain this is no problem for the other
> windows port (cygwin) either.

Thank you - I think this completely disposes of the "Windows is a blocker for scripting language X" argument, with the case X = Python in point.

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		<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>

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