Re: POSIX shell; bash ash pdksh & /bin/sh
On 4 Aug 1998, Martin Mitchell wrote:
> Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com> writes:
>
> > Because I have gotten used to the fact that if I say
> > #!/bin/bash; I shall find something. Not only I, but packages, and
> > doubtless other users have too. Do we really want to go rooting
> > thorough packages and forcing packages that use /bin/bash to declare
> > explicit dependencies? Is this effort justified?
>
> No, I can see no good reason why bash should not remain an essential,
> required package in Debian. IMO its functionality is better than any
> other shell I've tried.
Not having investigated the differences all that thoroughly, I will
nonetheless point out that zsh has a few advantages. From a technical
point of view, it is moving towards a DSO architecture, and from a users
point of view, it has some really clever completion and customisation
options. Neither of these make it particularly suitable as a system
shell, but they make it good for a user shell.
Jules
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