From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13732 invoked by alias); 28 Feb 2017 00:51:10 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 12878 invoked by uid 89); 28 Feb 2017 00:51:08 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=roe, H*c:utf8, Roe, xcu X-HELO: mail-ot0-f175.google.com Received: from mail-ot0-f175.google.com (HELO mail-ot0-f175.google.com) (74.125.82.175) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Tue, 28 Feb 2017 00:51:07 +0000 Received: by mail-ot0-f175.google.com with SMTP id i1so23084254ota.3 for ; Mon, 27 Feb 2017 16:51:07 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:from:to:subject:references :user-agent; bh=dxlgZz0J3mIBEB4h4Hrpp082epNpf/DwJi39lh4AsAI=; b=g2ywQqzY6bitYhCSftG6WXFcTeCK6d1ikRmr4TpAKdmC5hITaofhByWtl3m0UBn2Cf ftgTTaAoGeoEF9CuK2T9qepkrRIUqZWoFYLUj8rFuKZuYIKwVf9wi2lhJqzT90hv4ghx XmEkhuwF3HwIl4g1O8GQPz+b4MEvhv4LDF7KG5c2l7jy5AVXjsEbSYM/f0VomxUYUWjD L3fnc1opaIfUKBJFxl0NBZCUyTgKlx8DcYsy2fDJ8xchhYhoLFHSPivj83Bq4rgt098N Nj2sUb1pcjM7alJdGHCL29aHOsshUmqz3FxFaJElLkOYeRxMo3MailaxLkoJhk05Swb4 9Ewg== X-Gm-Message-State: AMke39mJJ2/NRodvU1h9ZLwxf+3wZChbsrryIq4HSH8wXWzDqAWiBYF8styYck01blPowQ== X-Received: by 10.157.63.227 with SMTP id i32mr7866791ote.36.1488243065725; Mon, 27 Feb 2017 16:51:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from 8LR ([2605:6000:9fc0:56:811:343f:f904:d318]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q81sm31383oia.14.2017.02.27.16.51.04 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 27 Feb 2017 16:51:04 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <58b4c978.5443ca0a.5c0e.03d7@mx.google.com> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 00:51:00 -0000 From: Steven Penny X-Google-Original-From: Steven Penny To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: dash-0.5.9.1-1 References: <20170227231247.GA19383@dimstar.local.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8; format=flowed User-Agent: Tryst/2.0.1 (github.com/svnpenn/tryst) X-SW-Source: 2017-02/txt/msg00350.txt.bz2 On Tue, 28 Feb 2017 10:12:47, Duncan Roe wrote: > "we" being you and who else? > /bin/sh has been bash for a long time and I would prefer it stays that way. “That’s the way it’s always been done” is not a good reason to keep doing something. /bin/sh has been defined for 20 years, and it is not Bash: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/7908799/xcu/sh.html If you want to write a Bash script, you should be using #!/bin/bash, not #!/bin/sh. If we are to continue using Bash, it should be for a good reason, like the one Eric presented, not just because you want to save 2 characters on your shebang line. On Fri, 24 Feb 2017 08:43:30, Eric Blake wrote: > But we are severely limited in volunteer manpower compared to Debian, > and I suspect that 1) there won't be enough testers (we won't know the > real impact until it is no longer experimental, but that is too late), > and 2) even if testers are diligent, we will be unable to patch all the > fallout in any sort of timely manner. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple