[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 130911] Policy on converting Perl scripts to Python

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=130911

Jason Carty <jcarty at blueyonder.co.uk> changed:

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--- Comment #11 from Jason Carty <jcarty at blueyonder.co.uk> ---
(In reply to Stephan Bergmann from comment #10)
> (In reply to Jussi Pakkanen from comment #0)
> > As per the discussion in https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/89262
> > 
> > I would like to propose that converting Perl scripts used in Libreoffice can
> > be ported to Python without needing any special rationale. The reasons for
> > this are:
> > 
> > - more people know Python than Perl
> > - new developers (i.e. anyone under 35) do not know Perl at all
> > - Python is a lot more readable in any case
> > - Python has builtin functionality for a lot things where Perl needs to call
> > external executables (like zip, tar), reducing dependencies
> > - Converting all Perl code to Python is (in practice) a requirement for
> > removing Cygwin as a build dependency on Windows 
> 
> I am not convinced that the above benefits necessarily outweigh the costs,
> though, or that any actual costs of conversion are at least distributed
> fairly in the developer base.  For example, I haven't counted the hours I
> had to spent on
> <https://git.libreoffice.org/core/+/
> 13aebf3dc75a73b381fb8d72c9788a8ee5aa911c%5E!/> "Missing dependency",
> <https://git.libreoffice.org/core/+/
> 9831d806ca7223058f74c61f4e1254c84464014d%5E!/> "Fix desktop-translate.py",
> <https://git.libreoffice.org/core/+/
> 009db597027890ade07d31674c740ae0fc432f87%5E!/> "Only process with brand.pl
> the *.keys and *.desktop files", and
> <https://git.libreoffice.org/core/+/
> 3f38a57a4ed8515dd145aea46ed697f101409c2f%5E!/> "Properly escape desktop file
> string values" after the change from comment 5.  (Though to be fair, the
> last two of those commits helped to find and address pre-existing issues.)

I'd like to continue converting some of the perl scripts to python. From this
comment it feels like there needs to be more discussion. Am I able to start
working on this easy hack?

Asking about it on the dev IRC it was suggested I give a heads up before
working on this.

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