From owner-freebsd-arch Mon Apr 17 2:57: 0 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8085437BB59 for ; Mon, 17 Apr 2000 02:56:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA10926 for ; Mon, 17 Apr 2000 11:56:48 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id LAA00369 for freebsd-arch@freebsd.org; Mon, 17 Apr 2000 11:56:45 +0200 (CEST) Received: from axl.ops.uunet.co.za (axl.ops.uunet.co.za [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF1F937BA3E for ; Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:48:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.ops.uunet.co.za) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.ops.uunet.co.za) by axl.ops.uunet.co.za with local-esmtp (Exim 3.13 #1) id 12h5KY-0002ua-00; Mon, 17 Apr 2000 08:48:22 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Shells In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 15 Apr 2000 16:56:26 MST." <200004152356.e3FNup102274@cwsys.cwsent.com> Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 08:48:21 +0200 Message-ID: <11195.955954101@axl.ops.uunet.co.za> Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 15 Apr 2000 16:56:26 MST, Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group wrote: > With commit of tcsh, I'd like to raise another question. Are there any > plans to replace sh with bash. Granted they're not 100% compatible, > though my only experience with bash vs sh incompatibility was over 6 > years ago on a Linux system, I still think it's a good idea to replace > sh with bash. The winning argument for tcsh over csh was that tcsh is actively maintained, while csh isn't. Our sh has an active, responsive maintainer, so the peripheral arguments bandied around for csh don't hold nearly as much water. Let's not get carried away. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message