On Thu, Oct 02, 2014 at 11:53:18AM -0400, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > Hi > > On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 11:38 AM, Miloslav Trmač wrote: > > > > > OK, then; care to explicitly list the advantages you expect to see from > > such a switch, and why they outweigh the disadvantages and the migration > > costs? > > > > I don't have a predrawn conclusion that I am advocating strongly for here > but I am convinced it is worth a discussion. So far from the discussions > I have seen the advantages as reduced size ( dash is significantly smaller > than bash) and this can be a nice advantage for containers etc, POSIX > correctness (/bin/sh should be only used by shell scripts that don't rely > on Bash specific features), performance (Zdenek Kabelac posted some > numbers) Also it will reduce differences between Linux distribution. And take us closed to what majority (Ubuntu and Debian) does. -- Tomasz Torcz ,,If you try to upissue this patchset I shall be seeking xmpp: zdzichubg@xxxxxxxxx an IP-routable hand grenade.'' -- Andrew Morton (LKML) -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
