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Re: what options do we have was Re: POSIX shell\; bash ash pdksh \& /bin/sh



> 	Oh, wonderful. Yes, it is broken. But just like all the
>  popular browsers out there, we should try and accept broken scripts

If you mean the interpretation of bad HTML, I must disagree strongly.
Web browsers should be completely intolerant of non-compliance.

>  too. It is one thing to mandate Dwebian scripts be POSIXly correct;
>  it is another to stop /bin/sh dead in its tracks for any infraction. 

> 	If this were not reason enough, backward comnpatibility is
>  another. Any distribution that throws away backwards compatibility
>  and holds it to such low regards is technically  poor. 

I don't recall us ever saying /bin/sh is always bash.  That is a naive
assumption to make on the part of anyone.  I cannot think of a platform
other than Linux whereupon that could be considered a good bet.

> 	Debian policy does not extend to user and thrid party software.

That seems to be an argument for why it can change without considering them.


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