[Development] Buddy group to help new contributors

[Edward Welbourne]

Volker Hilsheimer (8 December 2023 23:55) wrote (inter alia):
>>>> Would it make a huge difference if we didn’t require perl (and IIRC
>>>> we only need it for the init-repository script)?

On Thu, Jan 04, 2024 at 11:35:45AM +0000, Edward Welbourne via Development wrote:
>> Our post-commit hook also invokes sanitize-commit, which is a perl
>> script.
>>
>> Of course, it would not be beyond the wit of developers to rewrite
>> both into python; [...]

Oswald Buddenhagen (4 January 2024 15:15) wrote:
> this whole "get rid of perl for the sake of windows users" is a
> monumental red herring. because ...

Just to be clear here, while maybe Volker's reason for suggesting we
ditch perl might have been about windows users, *my* reason for wanting
to ditch perl is that I do not enjoy maintaining perl scripts.

	Eddy.