On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 01:15 +0200, Jari Aalto wrote: > > I would drop that "special" case and always require explicit > requirement for the shell. It's more clear to see which packages > "need" bash to make them work. someone may then provide a patch to > "make bash go away". I suggest removing the
Russ has already explained why this would violate other parts of policy. I'm interested in why we should care at all. Perl is a far bigger space hog than bash. Someone somewhere told a Big Lie: "bash isn't essential to Debian". Lots of people perhaps believe this lie, and have a Grand Quest to "make bash go away". What is the reason? Why is it worth energy on the part of *everyone else*? Thomas
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