> On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, Kevin Waterson wrote:
>
> > Why is bash2 not the default for rh 6.1
>
> Compatibility issues.
> bash 2.x is somewhat more strict about POSIX compliance, for example
>
> { ls }
>
> used to work in 1.x, but 2.x forces strict POSIX, so it has to be
>
> { ls; }
>
> Since a lot of older shell scripts depend on bash 1 brokenness, we decided
> to stick with 1.x for now.
>
> > Is there plans to implement this at a further date
>
> Yes. 7.0, probably.
Should have been 6.0; the incompatibility issue HAS to be addressed and it
WIL NOT get better because people will keep coding broken code and adding
to the problem until the issue's fixed properly.
bash2 was MOT one of RHS's better ideas.
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