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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