"dpkg-reconfigure" dash no longer works

[S M <mythrowy777@hotmail.com>]

Good day.

I noticed on a newly installed system with Debian 12 that dpkg-reconfigure no longer allows to switch the /bin/sh symlink from dash to bash. This is apparently intentional as per the following:

https://launchpad.net/debian/+source/dash/0.5.11+git20210903+057cd650a4ed-4

I couldn't find any additional context or rationale. I would like to know if this is going to be a permanent change. Debian currently disables command line editing in dash builds, so that makes it unusable as an interactive shell.

Thank you very much for everything.