Re: Proposed new POSIX sh policy
Hi,
On Mon, 6 Nov 2006 09:33:13 -0800, Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com> said:
> I'd like to see this say something about what may be assumed of the
> standard shell utilities, as well as the shell itself, and in
> particular I'd like to see coreutils bug #339085 addressed [please
> see the bug log for my personal very strong opinion on which way it
> should be addressed].
My personal opinion on this is that we should follow
standards -- and that we should standardize on current standards,
after a transition period in line with *DEBIAN* releases, not solaris
releases.
Following ancient, and obsolete standards is not always
feasible, and even when it is, it carries extra code around which has
to be maintained, and gets in the way of refactoring. So, as far as
339085 is concerned, I side with the maintainer opinion.
manoj
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