2:54 a.m.
On Dec 19 01:43 AM, A. Wilcox wrote:
Hi all!
As many of you are already aware, a 1.0 goal we have identified and
agreed on is making the Dash (Debian Almquist) shell the default /bin/sh
provider.
My question is: should it be the *sole* /bin/sh provider? This would
eliminate any possible corner case bugs where something doesn't work on
bash or zsh but does on dash. Of course, the likelihood of that
happening is so small as to be minuscule, so perhaps user choice should
still be available.
So, the two options are:
1) Make dash the sole /bin/sh provider
2) Leave bash and zsh as /bin/sh providers but make dash the default
How about the following:
3) Same as option 2), but with the caveat that using bash or zsh as
/bin/sh is explicitly either "not officially supported" or "supported
at a lower priority" (stated in the relevant handbook(s)). This would
allow us to adhere to our "flexibility" goal while still being
reasonable about our support resources.
Let's discuss and hammer out a fantastic 1.0!
\o/
Max