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

From: Erik Faye-Lund <kusmabite@gmail.com>
Date: Nov 25, 2012, 15:51 UTC
Message-ID: <CABPQNSY+Tnij4+_uZq3zwmgVjtUGsYpB7miJgf8meUWMCArNMg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20121125103316.GA24514@thyrsus.com>

On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> wrote:

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> Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@gmail.com>:
>> 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.

As the one who wrote that patch; not at all. That patch is a horrible mess, and it is not yet proven that the resulting python executable works any more than a basic hello world.

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