Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2009-08-02 16:55 +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: >> FWIW, removing bash from the list of essential packages (replacing it by >> dash) is one of the release goals for squeeze [1]. > > Not really, the goal for squeeze is to install dash as /bin/sh by > default. Making bash non-essential is a different (and harder) task.
Thanks for clarification. I probably didn't follow the relevant debian-develop threads carefully enough ;-) >> It might be more worthwhile for all of us, if you help debian to >> achieve the goal instead of yet another fork. ;-) > > This will take at least one more release cycle, more likely two, if it > is ever accomplished. It is very hard to remove functionality from the > set of essential packages. So probably still better to help speed up that process instead of forking. Cheers, Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
