Why the maintainer bother to use set -e instead of #!/bin/sh -e for all maintainer scripts?

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Subject: Why the maintainer bother to use set -e instead of #!/bin/sh -e for all maintainer scripts?
From: e2xbegqsdyt21hfc <e2xbegqsdyt21hfc@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:27:27 -0700 (PDT)
Message-id: <[🔎] 860358.51528.qm@web35802.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

krb5 (1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-10)
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* Use set -e instead of #!/bin/sh -e for all maintainer scripts.

Why bother? What difference does it make?

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