/bin/sh shell - the posix shell and {} braces expansion case

[Patryk Zawadzki]

Dnia 08-11-2006, śro o godzinie 20:26 +0100, Jakub Bogusz napisał(a):
> On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 08:21:01PM +0100, Patryk Zawadzki wrote:
> > Dnia 08-11-2006, śro o godzinie 11:54 +0100, Arkadiusz Miskiewicz
> > napisał(a):
> > > On Wednesday 08 November 2006 11:49, Jakub Bogusz wrote:
> > > > But it tests only IFS compliance.
> > > > What about all other functionality?
> > > Haven't seen tests for other functionality.
> > 
> > Should we aim at perfect POSIX compatibility or perfect usability? Bash
> > does not seem to be a heavy dependency and is actively maintained (so
> > the compatibility issues will go away over time as opposed to pdksh).
> 
> And POSIX-compatibility of scripts will go away as nobody will care
> about.

To me it sounds similar to the sparc/alpha problem. If someone uses a
POSIX-only shell (which does not exist), she will complain and things
will get fixed.

If noone complains then it is a sign that noone cares and POSIX
compatibility is done just for the sake of doing it.

-- 
Patryk Zawadzki <patrys at pld-linux.org>
PLD Linux
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