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Re: [BackupPC-users] use case: desktop system

2009-12-02 09:54:23
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] use case: desktop system
From: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:51:25 -0600
Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote:
> Tobias Strauß wrote at about 11:51:32 +0100 on Wednesday, December 2, 2009:
>  > i have written a really small util for mom's (ubuntu) PC, that print a 
>  > small notice abount the backuppc working state.
>  > 
>  > Could something like that become part of the official distribution package?
>  > 
>  > #!/usr/bin/python
>  > 
> 
> There's your problem. Craig will allow any garbage to be included in
> BackupPC just so long as it is written in Perl ;)

Perl does have the advantage of almost never having language syntax changes 
that 
break existing programs.  Unlike python.  The only one I can even think of was 
the change to interpolate @ in double-quoted strings in perl5.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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