On Tue, Sep 07, 1999 at 04:58:08PM -0500, Jeff Carr wrote:
> We wrote the LinuxPPC X installer in gtk+perl which has worked very well.
> I suppose I'm just a perl head without the ultimate python experience.
>
> As we use the redhat installer for text based installs, I'm interested in
> using the redhat one in future versions of our releases. I thought I would
> mention that the one we have already performs redhat installs and is the
> basis of our current release. It is working for people now and would work
> for i386 versions with minor modifications( pdisk vs fdisk ).
>
> The current version is at http://www.linuxppc.org/xli/ You will need
> gtk+perl which is also there. In any case, perl with gtk has worked great.
I actually looked at xli while developing anaconda code. We chose
python because it's incredibly easy to use, read, and maintain. It
has all the OO features we want without strange syntax. I think Perl
is fine for groking files with regexes and coming up with quick hacks,
but I don't think that perl is viable when it comes to a long term,
multi maintainer project.
Matt
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