Randall.. > -----Original Message----- > From: Randall R Schulz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 2:47 AM > To: Robert Collins; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: OT: possible project/research project
> >No - sounds like you haven't been paying attention. In my very first > >email I pointed out that this was not an acceptable > approach, and that > >committing changes upstream would be the only meaningful way > of doing > >this. > > Are you saying you think you're going to convince the > maintainers of these > special programs that have been endowed with the ability to operate > parasitically in your special version of the shell to let you > put these > changes into their mainline code bases? Good luck! I'm saying that not doing that makes the maintenance untenable - at first, second and third glance. If it's not a good enough model with real enough potential for them to agree, then it's not worth doing. > >Nearly everyone here does - most scripts have #!/bin/sh in > the header. > > Perhaps. I do, but only until I want to use a BASH feature > that ash doesn't > have. > >"The best is the enemy of the good." > >- Voltaire " > > Yes, yes. I've been around long enough to have heard all of these. > > Don't forget this: > > "... this is the best of all possible worlds." > -- Voltaire Yup... and murphy was an optimist!. Oh, for the objectivity thing.... yes I'm defending it, but I'm not in love with it per se - that more acceptable? Rob -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
