On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 11:57:39PM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote:
> > [KSB] Although I am personally a bash user, the entire GT.M
> > automation infrastructure is build around tcsh (not even csh). It
> > may be easier to use tcsh for now and not try to convert the scripts
> > till later.
>
> While this is finally your decision I'd recommend replacing it where
> possible anyway.
I would suggest making that "replacing it where possible without changes".
> You can expect to have a POSIX shell installed on any
> UNIX machine (whatever GT.M developers prefer as login shell). Relying
> on some specific shell just manifests the exceptional (=historically
> grown) speciallities of GT.M. I can not see a reason to not drop this
> if possible.
Given the complexity of GT.M I would second Bhaskars
assertion that full replacement better be deferred until the
second generation of fis-gtm Debian packages.
May I suggest
1) identifying tasks
2) prioritizing tasks into
a) initial release
b) second release
c) subsequent releases
?
Karsten
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