[Conkeror] conkeror packages for Debian are in the NEW queue

[Brian May]

Axel Beckert wrote:
> There are few more things pro and con a Perl version of
> spawn-process-helper:
>
> + It would simplify the packaging.
>
> - It would add more dependencies. And although there's nearly no
>   Debian installation without Perl, I try to avoid dependencies on
>   additional scripting languages if I can.
>
> + I could debug and fix it more easier if it would be written in Perl
>   instead of C since I'm way more experienced in coding (and
>   debugging) Perl scripts. :-)
>
> - It would be slower and needs more memory. Not sure how much this
>   would be noticable.
>
> - AFAIK spawn-process-helper is a work around for some deficiency of
>   xulrunner -- which I expect to be fixed somewhen in the future. (I'm
>   an optimist. ;-)
>   
+ It would save of autobuilder time and Debian package space, by a tiny
insignificant fraction.

Not really worth the effort IMHO. There are more important issues to
worry about.

- C code is simpler and probably more reliable, and maybe more secure,
then relying on Perl and Perl libraries.

I vote we keep the C code, unless it becomes too complicated to
maintain. Seems unlikely.

Brian May