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Re: Switching /bin/sh to dash without dash essential



On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 04:33:21AM -0400, Sam Hartman wrote:
> Steve, let's take a step back and calm down.

> Are you saying that your objection to engineering a solution where
> dash doesn't need to be essential is that it's not worth the effort?
> I *think* that was the point of your message but am not entirely sure.

Yes, that's definitely my position.  From what I can see, engineering a
solution where dash doesn't need to be essential isn't worth *any* effort,
because IMHO, so far the arguments for being able to remove dash from the
system appear entirely contrived.

-- 
Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
Ubuntu Developer                                    http://www.debian.org/
slangasek@ubuntu.com                                     vorlon@debian.org


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