Re: bash me, if you like

[David Leimbach <leimy2k@xxxxxxx>]

On Dec 9, 2003, at 2:57 PM, evs wrote:

> I don't want to start a jihad here but, imho DragonFly should switch
> to bash as the default shell.

Why?

> I know csh ( and consequently its descendents tcsh & zsh ) is
> Berkeley's baby but, bash can do everything csh can do and its better
> for shell programming. Most new unix users arrive from the Linux camp
> these days so they already know bash and they will be more likely to
> try DragonFly if they don't have ot learn a new shell. Even Apple has
> switched to bash for OS X.

Mac OS X defaults to bash then I promptly switch it to ZSH. :)

> Bash has won, and it's only a matter of time before csh goes the way
> of the dodo. Since Dragonfly is taking the lead in so many other
> areas, we might as well bite the bullet and do this too, as soon as
> possible.

It's a default... who cares?  Leave it as sh... teach people to use 
their
own bloody system to switch it to bash.

I see no real reason to make this change... if people want more linux 
they
can just try another distribution.

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