From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 06:50:28 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] Optionally work without python
Message-ID: <7vvevdtb2j.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0602171523510.24274@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> In some setups (notably server setups) you do not need that dependency.
> Gracefully handle the absence of python when NO_PYTHON is defined.

> +ifdef NO_PYTHON
> +	TEST_DEFS += NO_PYTHON=YesPlease
> +endif

I wonder if there is a better way to do this.  All future
NO_BLAH that may affect tests need to have something like this
otherwise.

> -default_strategies='recursive'
> +if test -z "@@NO_PYTHON@@"; then
> +	default_strategies='recursive'
> +else
> +	default_strategies='resolve'
> +fi

Somebody commented on this part to make it shorter...

I'll take 2, 3, and 4 from this series for now.  They will
appear in "next".  Thanks.