Re: Removing Git dependency on Perl [Was: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Git v2.13.2-2]

2017-07-21 Thread Steven Penny
On Fri, 21 Jul 2017 08:58:14, cyg Simple wrote: Perl is a requirement for development work using autoconf and friends anyway so is it that much of a struggle to require it for git? Good point too, but note that Cmake does not require Perl. Autotools is the dinosaur of build systems, I would lik

Re: Removing Git dependency on Perl [Was: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Git v2.13.2-2]

2017-07-21 Thread cyg Simple
On 7/21/2017 8:01 AM, Steven Penny wrote: > On Fri, 21 Jul 2017 11:11:41, Adam Dinwoodie wrote: >> Hmm. I'm struggling to work out what's appropriate here. I'd be >> entirely happy splitting off the `git archimport` command to a separate >> package if there were something to gain there, but I'm v

Re: Removing Git dependency on Perl [Was: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Git v2.13.2-2]

2017-07-21 Thread Steven Penny
On Fri, 21 Jul 2017 11:11:41, Adam Dinwoodie wrote: Hmm. I'm struggling to work out what's appropriate here. I'd be entirely happy splitting off the `git archimport` command to a separate package if there were something to gain there, but I'm very wary of splitting `git add -p` and friends off:

Re: Removing Git dependency on Perl [Was: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Git v2.13.2-2]

2017-07-21 Thread James Darnley
On 2017-07-21 12:11, Adam Dinwoodie wrote: >> 2. Perl issue is still open: >> >> http://github.com/me-and/Cygwin-Git/issues/31 >> >> Currently only these files rely on it: >> >>usr/libexec/git-core/git-add--interactive >>usr/libexec/git-core/git-archimport > > Hmm. I'm struggl

Removing Git dependency on Perl [Was: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Git v2.13.2-2]

2017-07-21 Thread Adam Dinwoodie
On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 07:28:05PM -0700, Steven Penny wrote: > On Thu, 13 Jul 2017 13:58:37, Adam Dinwoodie wrote: > >This update splits Git's support for Perforce repositories into a new > >package -- git-p4 -- and thus removes the dependency of the base git > >package on Python. > > This is gre