netconf and python

[David MacKinnon]

On 9/19/07, martin f krafft <madduck at debian.org> wrote:

> I am using Python only to prototype. netconf 1.0 will likely be
> reimplemented in C.

So.. Hijacking the thread a bit. I understand why some people want
netconf written in C (debian-base), but I also worry that the people
most likely to want to contribute to netconf, won't, once it's in C,
and that the project will stagnate thereafter.

I'm assuming here that the people most motivated to do stuff with
netconf are SysAdmins, and while most I know are certainly familiar
with C, it's often at "Oh, I did that at uni 5-10 years ago and never
touched it since." level rather than somewhat proficient in python,
perl, <insert other language>.

Unless you intend to have a mechanism for plugins to be written in
arbitrary languages. I'll admit my memory is a bit vague on that from
the debconf talks.

-David