[tor-bugs] #32071 [Core Tor/Tor]: Remove perl scripts from development process?

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#32071: Remove perl scripts from development process?
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     Reporter:  nickm         |      Owner:  (none)
         Type:  defect        |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium        |  Milestone:  Tor: unspecified
    Component:  Core Tor/Tor  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal        |   Keywords:
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 There are a few perl5 scripts in our development process:

 {{{
 [1099]$ git grep /usr/bin/perl
  [...]
 contrib/or-tools/checksocks.pl:#!/usr/bin/perl -w
 scripts/coccinelle/test-operator-cleanup:#!/usr/bin/perl -w -p -i
 scripts/codegen/gen_linux_syscalls.pl:#!/usr/bin/perl -w
 scripts/maint/checkLogs.pl:#!/usr/bin/perl -w
 scripts/maint/checkOptionDocs.pl.in:#!/usr/bin/perl -w
 scripts/maint/checkSpace.pl:#!/usr/bin/perl
 scripts/maint/check_config_macros.pl:#!/usr/bin/perl -w
 scripts/maint/findMergedChanges.pl:#!/usr/bin/perl
 scripts/maint/updateCopyright.pl:#!/usr/bin/perl -i -w -p
 scripts/test/cov-exclude:#!/usr/bin/perl -p -i
 }}}

 We could do any of the following:
    * Declare that perl5 is lovely and we don't care.
    * Declare that perl5 is ugly but not really a problem.
    * Declare that we will no longer require perl, and migrate all of these
 scripts to python and/or bash+sed+awk+etc
    * Declare that we will only allow perl as a "better sed/awk", and
 migrate all of the more complex scripts to python and/or bash+sed+awk, but
 leaves the others asd perl.

 I am excluding these possibilities, but the imp of the perverse demands
 that I mention them:
    * Migrate to perl6 ^W raku

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