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From: John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk>
To: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
	"Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>,
	git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] t/lib-cvs: cvsimport no longer works without Python >= 2.7
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 17:17:20 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130113171720.GM4574@serenity.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <50F180E8.8010907@alum.mit.edu>

On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 04:27:36PM +0100, Michael Haggerty wrote:
>>  Even if we were to rip out the fallback code that uses the 2.7-only
>>  subprocess.check_output() on "cvsps -V", the function is also used
>>  for doing the real work interacting with cvsps-3.x, so I think this
>>  patch will be necessary.  Unless new cvsimport is tweaked not to
>>  use the method, that is.
>> 
>>  A suggestion for a better alternative is of course very much
>>  appreciated.
> 
> If the only reason to require Python 2.7 is subprocess.check_output(),
> it would be easy to reimplement it (it is only 12 lines of
> straightforward code, plus a few lines to define the exception type
> CalledProcessError).  According to [1], the Python license is
> GPL-compatible; therefore these lines could even be copied into
> git-cvsimport.

Note that this has already be done in git_remote_helpers.util.  Is there
any reason not to just reference that?


John

  reply	other threads:[~2013-01-13 17:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-01-11  3:32 [PATCH] cvsimport: rewrite to use cvsps 3.x to fix major bugs Junio C Hamano
2013-01-11 16:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-01-11 18:58   ` Eric S. Raymond
2013-01-11 19:17     ` Junio C Hamano
2013-01-11 19:27     ` Junio C Hamano
2013-01-12  5:04       ` Eric S. Raymond
2013-01-12  5:20 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-01-12  5:38   ` [PATCH] t/t960[123]: remove leftover scripts Junio C Hamano
2013-01-12  6:06     ` Chris Rorvick
2013-01-12  8:40   ` [PATCH] t/lib-cvs: cvsimport no longer works without Python >= 2.7 Junio C Hamano
2013-01-12 15:27     ` Michael Haggerty
2013-01-13 17:17       ` John Keeping [this message]
2013-01-12 15:47   ` [PATCH] cvsimport: rewrite to use cvsps 3.x to fix major bugs Eric S. Raymond
2013-01-12 15:13 ` Michael Haggerty
2013-01-12 16:11   ` Eric S. Raymond
2013-01-12 18:16     ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-01-12 18:26   ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-01-13 22:20     ` Junio C Hamano
2013-01-13 23:27       ` Junio C Hamano
2013-01-14  1:40       ` [PATCH 0/3] A smoother transition plan for cvsimport Junio C Hamano
2013-01-14  1:40         ` [PATCH 1/3] cvsimport: allow setting a custom cvsps (2.x) program name Junio C Hamano
2013-01-14  1:40         ` [PATCH 2/3] cvsimport: introduce a version-switch wrapper Junio C Hamano
2013-01-14  1:47           ` Junio C Hamano
2013-01-14  1:40         ` [PATCH 3/3] cvsimport: start adding cvsps 3.x support Junio C Hamano
2013-01-15  6:19           ` Chris Rorvick
2013-01-15  6:44             ` Junio C Hamano
2013-01-14  5:12       ` [PATCH] cvsimport: rewrite to use cvsps 3.x to fix major bugs Michael Haggerty
2013-01-14  7:25       ` [PATCH v2 0/6] A smoother transition plan for cvsimport Junio C Hamano
2013-01-14  7:25         ` [PATCH v2 1/6] Makefile: add description on PERL/PYTHON_PATH Junio C Hamano
2013-01-14  7:25         ` [PATCH v2 2/6] cvsimport: allow setting a custom cvsps (2.x) program name Junio C Hamano
2013-01-14  7:25         ` [PATCH v2 3/6] cvsimport: introduce a version-switch wrapper Junio C Hamano
2013-01-14  7:25         ` [PATCH v2 4/6] cvsimport: start adding cvsps 3.x support Junio C Hamano
2013-01-14  7:25         ` [PATCH v2 5/6] cvsimport: make tests reusable for cvsimport-3 Junio C Hamano
2013-01-14  7:25         ` [PATCH v2 6/6] cvsimport-3: add a sample test Junio C Hamano
2013-01-14  7:47         ` [PATCH v2 0/6] A smoother transition plan for cvsimport Jonathan Nieder
2013-01-14  7:48         ` [PATCH v2 7/6] t9600: further prepare for sharing Junio C Hamano
2013-01-14  7:52         ` [PATCH v2 8/6] t9600: adjust for new cvsimport Junio C Hamano

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