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From: Steven Penny <svnpenn@gmail.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Removing Git dependency on Perl [Was: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Git v2.13.2-2]
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2017 20:02:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <597244ff.44a6ca0a.eb0e2.3c90@mx.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d9761d0b-5495-a4f2-e072-8c308a0cb833@gmail.com>

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 like to see it go away. Anyway thanks for the
input.


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      reply	other threads:[~2017-07-21 18:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-07-13 14:37 [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Git v2.13.2-2 Adam Dinwoodie
2017-07-14  2:28 ` Steven Penny
2017-07-21 10:18   ` Removing Git dependency on Perl [Was: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Git v2.13.2-2] Adam Dinwoodie
2017-07-21 12:01     ` James Darnley
2017-07-21 12:20     ` Steven Penny
2017-07-21 14:28       ` cyg Simple
2017-07-21 20:02         ` Steven Penny [this message]

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