Re: [gentoo-dev] initscripts in python

[Justin Whitney <ripple.gentoo@ripple.be>]

Thanks for the arguments thus far.

So added to the cons list is:

*addition of newer less-tested interpreter could add instability
*very small/short scripts incur overhead

Here are two mitigating arguments to counter the first statement.

First - a separate, stable build of python could be used as the
system-boot interpreter.  it might make sense to statically link it and
so forth to lower dependencies... perhaps even to optimize it in some
respects, for its task.

Second, a shell script like the runscript.sh that is already used could
be used to launch the interpreter and check for a runtime failure.  On
failure it could launch the .sh version of the bootscript.  This means
keeping two copies of the shellscripts obviously (which wouldn't be a
bad idea anyway...)  this would at least have the benefit of salvaging
the boot...

As for the overhead problem with very small scripts, I don't see that
going away... in fact converting such scripts would be a waste of time
in the first place, because it doesn't make use of any of the advantages
proposed by the change.  It would make more sense to set up the boot
process to be able to run both kinds so you don't waste your time.

--Justin


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