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bash should not be essential



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Ian Jackson wrote:
> If you want to change the policy and say that bash shouldn't be
> essential then please come to debian-policy and we'll talk about it.

I want to change the policy. I think bash should not be essential.

> It might be worth considering how many packages currently use bashisms
> in places where only an essential package will do.

Will   file * | grep "Bourne-Again"  serve?
Perhaps we should analyze all shell scripts and report bugs first.

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