Re: Bug#33156: debian-policy: Cannot find referenced file in given URL

[Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

Hamish Moffatt writes ("Re: Bug#33156: debian-policy: Cannot find referenced file in given URL"):
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> Maintainer scripts should be written in posix or bash; no argument there.
> However, upstream should be free to use whatever scripting language it
> wants.

Is anyone disputing this ?

The policy in question says:

 csh and tcsh should be avoided as scripting languages. See Csh
 Programming Considered Harmful, one of the comp.unix.* FAQs. It can be
 found on rtfm.mit.edu in PATHNAME.  If an upstream package comes with
 csh scripts then you must make sure that they start with #!/bin/csh
 and make your package depend on the c-shell virtual package.

Is this not accurate ?

Ian.