From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.6 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_INVALID, DKIM_SIGNED,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41072C432BE for ; Mon, 30 Aug 2021 09:22:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E825D60F44 for ; Mon, 30 Aug 2021 09:22:52 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 mail.kernel.org E825D60F44 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=linaro.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=nongnu.org Received: from localhost ([::1]:46480 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mKdVE-0006R5-5K for qemu-devel@archiver.kernel.org; Mon, 30 Aug 2021 05:22:52 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:46334) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mKdUO-00055h-EN for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 30 Aug 2021 05:22:00 -0400 Received: from mail-ej1-x62d.google.com ([2a00:1450:4864:20::62d]:42506) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mKdUM-0004IO-VT for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 30 Aug 2021 05:22:00 -0400 Received: by mail-ej1-x62d.google.com with SMTP id mf2so29683631ejb.9 for ; Mon, 30 Aug 2021 02:21:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linaro.org; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=qN+LdvBl/JfcO5FkgrNiRxHglp6yVoRRQ68UhbGdYg4=; b=TP6S+W1M9Ih5JbOwPTi012dE959N9GpUJq5pJajW6O/+nQkWNtiowc+kSCjVjVZ9ew YcAB72X3zqWVLqmioEFI+nc2AJQro4+bPNWzwazceb41L7c6J/fk+QaKdo8Aa8NUSrM6 Olaqqe+iFKNmD0kX5K3HiE2INNOHBdDQrIxlqCQ9DGaYWqvXXY3kPiLZkEIrNwfteX7/ AyolrVub/mDLVdPKYq1jsxGutgBrJHYmHXBUXxVje/ykLmYXy+rqf7vGzEfSzb1KbQeu BoKuI64yJ0h0Ja3jixmw3B1tgVVeuHd3/GkshD0rhnfNM3hweIRPuipZvUnNuqFLdMnW hxhg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=qN+LdvBl/JfcO5FkgrNiRxHglp6yVoRRQ68UhbGdYg4=; b=BDAPUMVyIegHqlFg6qMr5bRAQnq2p+Nwzlc0hER4uNBmZzjkuuB5H3Vce908vLQo5G edMOhwjXujGIWq1NDFyIoh2J3Vs/n/EZb2NhsUpKEoUBn5pyiXK+UmMqpy6PE4CtJuak s57ilNTvb6xKjI13EhcPPuudI8YIDiK4+A/4rIRlHS71TDorHba5aNkhBw3wKhWs+KRa wbH54I1pzMW8t9hOh5vy+/e9aYIFYUQEOpsv25OltRp9isZl7Hmah7GjvzgNYNhEjkHI 1hJeFUnDQhyxx8hj4PYj86CYcVaBNSjRi7KkWy/O82zVFxKz5636HeuXHbIYUqpYJTCG tYOQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530gM2Hz2UIcMyOLCSyUbLXI41waNCDFMxmgk09nIKapZdgdZS31 5RR/TC1CN4opre9RgCQH4cJL8+17NeZ5serhSAnVGA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxXKT35V9TDEIjrtlRZe+6ubBzDoyL0OA6uA/3TkpYkSrD5XYV9Ne6ALdxtXhWx5ED0eK9xOg91z+KZ19uR5q0= X-Received: by 2002:a17:906:584:: with SMTP id 4mr24524412ejn.56.1630315317313; Mon, 30 Aug 2021 02:21:57 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20210829173210.39562-1-thuth@redhat.com> <48ccdd11-5836-5886-f928-95c960fb810a@redhat.com> <0c4f5250-cb6e-a185-914c-f42c63d998e5@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <0c4f5250-cb6e-a185-914c-f42c63d998e5@redhat.com> From: Peter Maydell Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2021 10:21:09 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Use meson_options.txt in the configure script To: =?UTF-8?Q?Philippe_Mathieu=2DDaud=C3=A9?= Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a00:1450:4864:20::62d; envelope-from=peter.maydell@linaro.org; helo=mail-ej1-x62d.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: =?UTF-8?B?TWFyYy1BbmRyw6kgTHVyZWF1?= , Thomas Huth , qemu-devel , Paolo Bonzini Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" On Mon, 30 Aug 2021 at 10:14, Philippe Mathieu-Daud=C3=A9 wrote: > IIRC while Perl is perfect for parsing, the maintenance cost is too > high. The git-forge / meson switch proved next-gen contributors are > more at ease with Python. That seems a bit strong to me. But I would say that for code where most people touching it are non-language-experts who need to just occasionally dip in to it to fix a problem, rather than spending most of their time working on that code, Python is easier to understand than Perl is. Plus we have more Python than Perl; so we should probably prefer Python in new scripts for the project. -- PMM