From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5769 invoked by alias); 21 Jul 2017 18:16:37 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 5747 invoked by uid 89); 21 Jul 2017 18:16:35 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=H*M:google, friends X-HELO: mail-oi0-f67.google.com Received: from mail-oi0-f67.google.com (HELO mail-oi0-f67.google.com) (209.85.218.67) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Fri, 21 Jul 2017 18:16:34 +0000 Received: by mail-oi0-f67.google.com with SMTP id h143so5377731oic.2 for ; Fri, 21 Jul 2017 11:16:34 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:from:subject:to:references :user-agent; bh=gFqnn2/dfyVa/xXlzJzmiKL29M5qq4tMWKLU0fuLd9w=; b=bOBSjo+HesdSneHJeF5FxAm8xfRnWU9qYQKS9aqyJT1gMf3NU9VSN1IwN1gwLhh7qU OfQR33id/7O87/GM3PVtGM3aF7eH5+i/JNcVee/WPKuqvtqeAV8I/VreMcyjzhUtZNAW ia1X0Jg18QlPnUINTvfSb2pTReZlbkUlMDTh7mz3KvtYkUNQ4Ehyncw/Y1ObBBCkicBo eLNGIF+x94jHPwIHIVZ7uyNyE/5Aj7jwx3Ucr4NqxWTLBv7KRxy13ogchw7zaQTg0M+2 40jwE4/gJsSDpYxF75ZybrTQMvmUC2m3E9U3+HOcryktgvmsPmiLGHe/Vy70C381ztvn U5NA== X-Gm-Message-State: AIVw11221qz3P0nlY0HDXm5KWqa1CAoGMtfOyegrwbyNyqcMvtrTL/cG L1PHsyaNCSfgLgbK X-Received: by 10.202.237.10 with SMTP id l10mr2463261oih.251.1500660992574; Fri, 21 Jul 2017 11:16:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from b1M ([2605:6000:9fc0:56:813:bad7:424c:e627]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id p65sm3439358oie.8.2017.07.21.11.16.31 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 21 Jul 2017 11:16:31 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <597244ff.44a6ca0a.eb0e2.3c90@mx.google.com> Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2017 20:02:00 -0000 From: Steven Penny X-Google-Original-From: Steven Penny Subject: Re: Removing Git dependency on Perl [Was: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Git v2.13.2-2] To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8; format=flowed User-Agent: Tryst/2.0.1 (github.com/svnpenn/tryst) X-SW-Source: 2017-07/txt/msg00293.txt.bz2 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. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple