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Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2017 11:16:31 -0700 (PDT)
From: Steven Penny <svnpenn AT gmail DOT com>
Subject: Re: Removing Git dependency on Perl [Was: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Git v2.13.2-2]
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On Fri, 21 Jul 2017 08:58:14, cyg Simple wrote:
> Perl is a requirement for development work using autoconf and friends
> anyway so is it that much of a struggle to require it for git?

Good point too, but note that Cmake does not require Perl. Autotools is the
dinosaur of build systems, I would like to see it go away. Anyway thanks for the
input.


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