On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 6:33 AM, Pierre Schmitz <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > I've used both zsh and bash, and for day to day use I don't notice a difference. However I'm not seeing the reasoning behind switching to zsh
