TRAC - Trac, Project Leads, Python, and Mr. Noah Kantrowitz (sanitizer)

Steve Holden steve at holdenweb.com
Sat Feb 16 08:45:37 EST 2008


Ilias Lazaridis wrote:
[...]
> Of course I'll not stay with trac, I'll leave the sinking ship, I've
> prepare long time ago to do so, step by step. An will migrate step by
> step away from trac and python - toward an own implementation based
> on...
> 
> perl and it's libraries.
> 
I'm sure you will find the Perl community much more welcoming and 
receptive to your ideas about how open source projects should be run.

> Really, I don't understand the need for python. And after fighting
> with some indenting within html templates, I dislike the whitespace-
> syntax-thing of python again.
> 
Fortunately, as you have realized, you have choices and are under no 
compulsion to use any particular tool.

> Do it in perl, if you need something more 'pretty', do it in ruby, if
> you need something more 'serious' do it in java, if you have enough
> brain and time, do it in C++ from bottom up.
> 
And, apparently, do it in Python if you want to avoind running into 
Ilias Lazaridis.

I have to say your approach to IT systems seems somewhat pedestrian, but 
I wish you well in whatever it is you are trying to achieve. I hope you 
have a good set of asbestos (i.e. flame-proof) trousers.

regards
  Steve
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