Hi,
>>"Herbert" == Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Herbert> Hi: Surely this kind of religious zeal should not be
Herbert> reflected in lintian.
religious zeal? Those are indeed loaded words, and tend to
invoke knee jerk reactiosn.
I, too, agree with the csh-considered-harmful paper: csh has
limitations when it comes to writing scripts. And it is not just I
who hold this opinion, there are numerous others, and indeed, most
UNIX liminaries, have expressed a similair belief.
I think that the majority of cases where a csh script is
attempted is by novices who are not aware of the pitfalls (not that I
am implying that you are one, of course). I think a Lintian warning
is justified on those grounds, even if were not mandated by existing
policy.
Herbert> I'm at a loss at explaining how it even made it to our
Herbert> policy. Hence I propose it be both removoed from the policy
Herbert> and lintian.
I do believe this is not enough reason to change _anything_.
We have extant policy, there is a rationale behind it; I think more
than a mere statement of personal preference is needed to mobilize a
policy discussion.
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