Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 18:13:13 +0100 From: Michael Gmelin <grembo@freebsd.org> To: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Importing mksh in base Message-ID: <BB2CCC27-9277-4300-BF59-B5C62641A7B1@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20190125165751.kpcjjncmf7j7maxd@ivaldir.net> References: <20190125165751.kpcjjncmf7j7maxd@ivaldir.net>
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> On 25. Jan 2019, at 17:57, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> wrote: >=20 > Hi everyone, >=20 > I would like to import mksh in base, https://www.mirbsd.org/mksh.htm > And make it the default root shell (not necessary in one step) >=20 > Why: > 1/ it is tiny 400k (in the packaged version) all other shells fitting the > expectation are bigger > 2/ it's default frontend in interactive mode is very close to what most pe= ople > are used to with bash and shells as default root shell on other BSD and mo= st > linuxes > 3/ from my narrow window csh as a default root shell is one of the major > complaint (usually the first thing a user get faced to) from new comers an= d > also for some long timers who are reinstalling a machine and have not yet > installed/configured a bourne compatible shell >=20 > What this proposal is _NOT_ about: > 1/ the removal of tcsh from base > 2/ any kid of denial of the quality and interest or features of csh >=20 > What do you think? Without knowing mksh in detail, based on your description I=E2=80=99m in fav= or of replacing csh with something closer to bash as the default root shell.= In over 20 years of FreeBSD I didn=E2=80=99t manage to warm up with csh and= none of the people I introduced to FreeBSD in that time did either. Michael=
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