Quoting Steve Langasek (2013-05-11 18:33:03) > On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 11:22:10AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > [...] the real goal of the change was to be able to have more than > > *2* packages provide /bin/sh. > > > Currently, due to the totaly screwed up way this is done, only dash > > or bash can be /bin/sh. > > This is not a sensible goal. Choice of /bin/sh should *not* be the > goal, the goal should be to get a good, fast, minimal, > policy-compliant /bin/sh for *everyone*. > > See also: Linux is not about choice. > > All this added complexity to provide users a "choice" about something > that doesn't matter undermines the robustness of the base system. > Please stop.
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