Re: gitweb.cgi in C

Re: gitweb.cgi in C

[Mark Allen]

Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
>>>>> "Junio" == Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> writes:
Junio> Yes, that is exactly what I meant by what Smurf is working on -- 
Junio> libified git with Pyrex.

> Pyrex?  not XS?  I'd like to see Perl "use Git;". :)

I have a lot of interest in writing an XS interface for GIT but I've been waiting for 1.0
to officially release so I can be assured of a somewhat stable interface target.

I started working on a GIT-XS project around GIT 0.9 timeframe, but the changes to APIs
and calls was still way too rapid, so I decided to back burner it. 

I haven't looked at the libification work that Smurf is doing (haven't made time for it
lately), but if it's not TOO python specific, maybe I can use it too.

Cheers,
--Mark

Re: gitweb.cgi in C

[Randal L. Schwartz]

>>>>> "Mark" == Mark Allen <mrallen1@yahoo.com> writes:

Mark> I started working on a GIT-XS project around GIT 0.9 timeframe, but the changes to APIs
Mark> and calls was still way too rapid, so I decided to back burner it. 

Mark> I haven't looked at the libification work that Smurf is doing (haven't made time for it
Mark> lately), but if it's not TOO python specific, maybe I can use it too.

A "lite" version using Inline::C can be quickly constructed if
only the API were all listed in one place, or a few easy to find places.

I spent about ten minutes trying to find this information a few weeks
back, but apparently, that was about five minutes (or more) too short.

Any quick pointers on how -lgit is constructed?

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Re: gitweb.cgi in C

[Junio C Hamano]

merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) writes:

>>>>>> "Mark" == Mark Allen <mrallen1@yahoo.com> writes:

> Mark> I haven't looked at the libification work that Smurf is
> Mark> doing (haven't made time for it lately), but if it's not
> Mark> TOO python specific, maybe I can use it too.

> A "lite" version using Inline::C can be quickly constructed if
> only the API were all listed in one place, or a few easy to find places.

Guys, the "libificiation work" is more than that, and the more
important and bigger task is not the part you connect libgit to
your favorite P* languages, but first the part to reorganize
libgit to be usable in that form.

I've outlined what needs to be done a couple of months ago:

	http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=112687447700001

gitweb.cgi in C

[Majkls]

What do you think about gitweb.cgi in C?

-- 
Miloslav "Majkls" Semler

Re: gitweb.cgi in C

[Kay Sievers]

On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 07:59:37PM +0100, Majkls wrote:
> What do you think about gitweb.cgi in C?

It's horribly stupid, I think. :)

Kay

Re: gitweb.cgi in C

[Johannes Schindelin]

Hi,

On Thu, 8 Dec 2005, Kay Sievers wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 07:59:37PM +0100, Majkls wrote:
> > What do you think about gitweb.cgi in C?
> 
> It's horribly stupid, I think. :)

It is as stupid as you make it :-)

Ciao,
Dscho

Re: gitweb.cgi in C

[Ryan Anderson]

On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 07:59:37PM +0100, Majkls wrote:
> What do you think about gitweb.cgi in C?

I've seen CGI programs in C before.

I don't recommend it.  I think it will give most security people
nightmares, heh.

-- 

Ryan Anderson
  sometimes Pug Majere

Re: gitweb.cgi in C

[Petr Baudis]

Dear diary, on Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 07:59:37PM CET, I got a letter
where Majkls <majkls@tiscali.cz> said that...
> What do you think about gitweb.cgi in C?

To add to the collective dismay - why bother?

-- 
				Petr "Pasky" Baudis
Stuff: http://pasky.or.cz/
VI has two modes: the one in which it beeps and the one in which
it doesn't.

Re: gitweb.cgi in C

[Junio C Hamano]

Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> writes:

> Dear diary, on Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 07:59:37PM CET, I got a letter
> where Majkls <majkls@tiscali.cz> said that...
>> What do you think about gitweb.cgi in C?
>
> To add to the collective dismay - why bother?

It _might_ make sense to do gitweb using libified git Smurf is
working on, in order to reduce forks and execs, but that is
mostly independent of rewriting that in C.

Re: gitweb.cgi in C

[Petr Baudis]

Dear diary, on Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 11:35:09PM CET, I got a letter
where Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> said that...
> Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> writes:
> 
> > Dear diary, on Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 07:59:37PM CET, I got a letter
> > where Majkls <majkls@tiscali.cz> said that...
> >> What do you think about gitweb.cgi in C?
> >
> > To add to the collective dismay - why bother?
> 
> It _might_ make sense to do gitweb using libified git Smurf is
> working on, in order to reduce forks and execs, but that is
> mostly independent of rewriting that in C.

I'd see having Perl XS for libgit as something much more sensible. And
you could do cute porcelain stuff with that as well.

-- 
				Petr "Pasky" Baudis
Stuff: http://pasky.or.cz/
VI has two modes: the one in which it beeps and the one in which
it doesn't.

Re: gitweb.cgi in C

[Junio C Hamano]

Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> writes:

>> It _might_ make sense to do gitweb using libified git Smurf is
>> working on, in order to reduce forks and execs, but that is
>> mostly independent of rewriting that in C.
>
> I'd see having Perl XS for libgit as something much more sensible. And
> you could do cute porcelain stuff with that as well.

Yes, that is exactly what I meant by what Smurf is working on --
libified git with Pyrex.

Re: gitweb.cgi in C

[Randal L. Schwartz]

>>>>> "Junio" == Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> writes:

>> I'd see having Perl XS for libgit as something much more sensible. And
>> you could do cute porcelain stuff with that as well.

Junio> Yes, that is exactly what I meant by what Smurf is working on --
Junio> libified git with Pyrex.

Pyrex?  not XS?  I'd like to see Perl "use Git;". :)


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Re: gitweb.cgi in C

[Junio C Hamano]

merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) writes:

>>>>>> "Junio" == Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> writes:
>
> Junio> Yes, that is exactly what I meant by what Smurf is working on --
> Junio> libified git with Pyrex.
>
> Pyrex?  not XS?  I'd like to see Perl "use Git;". :)

OK, for the record I should mention that I first suggested using
Swig, to be neutral across perl/python/tcl.  BTW, this list is
merely alphabetical not suggesting the order of my preference
;-).

Re: gitweb.cgi in C

[Andreas Ericsson]

Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> writes:
> 
> 
>>Dear diary, on Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 07:59:37PM CET, I got a letter
>>where Majkls <majkls@tiscali.cz> said that...
>>
>>>What do you think about gitweb.cgi in C?
>>
>>To add to the collective dismay - why bother?
> 
> 
> It _might_ make sense to do gitweb using libified git Smurf is
> working on, in order to reduce forks and execs, but that is
> mostly independent of rewriting that in C.
> 

In that case it would be better and way cooler to have mod_git for Apache.

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Re: gitweb.cgi in C

[H. Peter Anvin]

Majkls wrote:
> What do you think about gitweb.cgi in C?

I guess you could implement and benchmark it and see how much faster it is.

	-hpa