>>>>> "Roland" == Roland Mainz <roland.mainz at nrubsig.org> writes:

Casper> Root's shell needs to be POSIX compliant because?

Roland> I was thinking more about having a (near-) POSIX-conformant
Roland> shell around at startup time and single-user mode

This is already available on most (all?) Linux distros, yes?

>> And what is preventing these followon projects to move the library?

Roland> It needs to be ARC'ed - again. Based on the current resistance
Roland> we will either get libshell in /lib now or simply forget such
Roland> projects completely because in a second/third/etc. attempt we
Roland> will face the same argumentation+resistance. 

Well, you'll get the same question, but I wouldn't take that as
"resistance".  If the follow-on project truly needs the library in /,
you explain why it can't work with the library in /usr, and the ARC says
"oh, okay".

mike


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