On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 11:20:03AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 19:33 +0200, Jari Aalto wrote: > > I don't see perl used that much for maintainer scripts, or daemon > > scripts. > > Exactly the *point*. So why isn't this your target? > > > Some prefer bash and see no problems. Others consider bash's memory > > consumption a problem when compared to other alternatives. > > The only alternative in Debian is dash, which explicitly says it's not a > replacement: > > "bash" is a better shell for most users, since it has some nice > features absent from "dash", and is a required part of the system.
dash is better for scripts (smaller memory footprint, faster), bash is better for interactive use. Most users need a good interactive shell, hence it's better for most users. That doesn't mean we should limit ourselves to using bash for non-interactive use though. Regards: David -- /) David Weinehall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /) Rime on my window (\ // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ // Diamond-white roses of fire // \) http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/ (/ Beautiful hoar-frost (/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
