Ubuntu
dash package

  1. Bug #61463
  2. Comment #39

Comment 39 for bug 61463

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sparr (sparr0) wrote : Re: [Bug 61463] Re: Script that are using bash could be broken with the new symlink

I cannot disagree more. The Ubuntu devs have done a far greater good
here than with any other distro I have used in the past. Being
willing to take steps like this, instead of waiting for optional
compliance that will never happen, is exactly what we need more of.

On 1/23/07, Mark Constable <email address hidden> wrote:
> What worries me about this issue is the attitude of the ubuntu
> developers. I no longer trust the ubuntu devs to do the right thing to
> help me keep the systems I make a living from up and running and am now
> looking at migrating everything to etch+ instead of edgy+. The
> overwhelming right thing to do would have been to advertise the need to
> change from bash to dash and put a deadline on it no less than 1/2 a
> year on notice, THEN make the change. Suddenly unleashing KNOWN breakage
> like this is unacceptable to me. Such a pity I have to forgo such a good
> distro in all other respects because of this stupid move by a few devs.
> Like I say, I no longer trust ubuntu devs not to do something like this
> again in the future. And yes, breaking trust is a serious bug.
>
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> Script that are using bash could be broken with the new symlink
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/61463
>