Re: Feature discussion - startup files

2015-12-23 Thread Fotis Georgatos
Hi Greg, The mere existence of -and ability to manage-, say, /etc/zshenv does not enforce any particular policy on a given system, it simply allows for the possibility to have a single control point for all shell instances. Unfortunately, a compile time option for bash, is not a feature at the sa

Re: Feature discussion - startup files

2015-12-22 Thread Fotis Georgatos
Hi Rob, IMHO, the crap of vendors that you mentioned is very real and, it is largely caused by -and not causing- lack of a single place for applying environment tuning/control. Compare bash vs zsh: http://blog.flowblok.id.au/static/images/shell-startup-actual.png # if you have similar diagram for

Re: Feature discussion - startup files

2015-12-22 Thread Fotis Georgatos
Hi, I much align to Piotr's approach to this. And I'd reiterate his important question: "How much harm can it do?" Well, really, if there is a counter argument to inventing such a hook, please put it forward now, because it needs to be considered. I wish config-top.h or configure would be a solut