On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 08:17:51PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Quoting Steve Langasek (2013-05-11 18:33:03) > > On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 11:22:10AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > > [...] the real goal of the change was to be able to have more than > > > *2* packages provide /bin/sh. > > > Currently, due to the totaly screwed up way this is done, only dash > > > or bash can be /bin/sh. > > This is not a sensible goal. Choice of /bin/sh should *not* be the > > goal, the goal should be to get a good, fast, minimal, > > policy-compliant /bin/sh for *everyone*. > > See also: Linux is not about choice. > > All this added complexity to provide users a "choice" about something > > that doesn't matter undermines the robustness of the base system. > > Please stop. > Choice ridiculous to some is relevant to others. I look forward to the addition of /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/mangle-bin-sh.mk in your next release. -- 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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