Am 30.07.2012 13:11, schrieb Thomas Bächler: > Am 28.07.2012 13:13, schrieb Pierre Schmitz: >> This installs zsh and sets it as default for root and the arch user. >> grml-zsh-config is installed as a userfriendly default configuration. >> >> Signed-off-by: Pierre Schmitz <[email protected]> >> --- >> >> This might look controversial, so let me explain. As our new install method >> is based on the usage of various cli tools our plain ash setup gets a little >> inconvinient. > > We don't have ash, we have bash.
Sorry for the typo. I also did one in the subject. :-) > >> This patch adds zsh and a feature rich default config. We will get menu >> based completion and inline help for e.g. pacman but also our install >> scripts, rc.d and a lot of other tools. This should make the iso easier to >> use and more accessable. > > Using a shell that is only known to a fraction of users doesn't make the > image "more accessible". I don't get your argument here. >> I haven't found any real downside here, so let me know if you can think of >> any. Also please try it first if you haven't yet. E.g. try things like >> pacstrap -<tab> etc.. > > I never used zsh, so I don't know how much its syntax differs from bash, > or from any POSIX shell. As a new user, I might find this irritating. I am sorry, but as you did not at least try it I cannot really value your concern here. Also zsh is posix compatible. And I really doubt that bash users will have major difficulties or will even notice using zsh. Anyway, as I already said, this is worth a try. Depending on users feedback I would be fine to remove zsh again next month. This way we also wont rely on speculations on what users might or might not do. Greetings, Pierre -- Pierre Schmitz, https://pierre-schmitz.com
