#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 | Resolution:
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Description changed by teor:
Old description:
> 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
New description:
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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