Can I fully replace GNU Bash with Python?

[Devin Jeanpierre]

> Is there a way I can replace the ~/develop/1-build/swift.sh script
> with a ~/develop/1-build/swift.py script, yet still retain the ability
> to work on one major function WITHOUT requiring the other major
> functions and the 1-build directory to be present?

I thought I followed along, but I don't see where the problem is here.
Did you try something and it didn't work, or are you asking if in
principle it can work?

In principle, it can work fine. the mainfunction modules can be
importable modules with some functions, or they can be (like they are
in sh) runnable scripts called by your build script, or whatever. You
can diverge as much as you want from how sh works, or stay as close as
you want, down to the level of only interoperating with other python
modules by invoking them as programs.

Devin

On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 1:27 AM, Jason Hsu, Mr. Swift Linux
<jhsu802701 at gmail.com> wrote:
> This question concerns my process of creating Swift Linux from the
> base distro (antiX Linux in the past, Linux Mint Debian Edition now).
> (NOTE: The process I'm describing here is an oversimplification.)
>
> All of my development work takes place in the ~/develop directory.
> This is the directory where I enter the "git clone" command to
> download the repositories from GitHub.  These repositories are 1-
> build, majorfunction1, majorfunction2, and so on.  After I download
> these repositories, I have the directories ~/develop/1-build, ~/
> develop/majorfunction1, ~/develop/majorfunction2, and so on.
>
> The ~/develop/1-build directory contains the scripts that build Swift
> Linux.  Each major function needed to create Swift Linux (such as
> changing web browser configuration files, changing login manager
> configuration files, etc.) has its own majorfunction# repository.
>
> For developing the latest version of Swift Linux, I had the swift.sh
> script in the  ~/develop/1-build directory call scripts in the
> majorfunction directories with commands like:
> sh ~/develop/majorfunction1/main.sh
> sh ~/develop/majorfunction2/main.sh
> and so on
>
> Please note that one can run any of these major functions
> independently OR as part of the ~/develop/1-build/swift.sh script.
> The ability to run any major function independently means I can focus
> on just one function that's not working as it should WITHOUT messing
> around with other functions.  This ability will be especially
> important when I have an actual team working on Swift Linux.
>
> What I'd like to do is replace GNU Bash with Python.  I know I can
> replace the main.sh scripts with main.py scripts.  Then the commands
> in the swift.sh script would be:
> python ~/develop/majorfunction1/main.py
> python ~/develop/majorfunction2/main.py
> and so on
>
> Is there a way I can replace the ~/develop/1-build/swift.sh script
> with a ~/develop/1-build/swift.py script, yet still retain the ability
> to work on one major function WITHOUT requiring the other major
> functions and the 1-build directory to be present?
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