Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 22:05:04 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org> Cc: <questions@freebsd.org>, <heyjoe@cts.com> Subject: RE: shells Message-ID: <003601c0c632$cc9bc940$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <15066.759.837259.778764@guru.mired.org>
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>-----Original Message----- >From: Mike Meyer [mailto:mwm@mired.org] >Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 1:22 PM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt >Cc: questions@freebsd.org; heyjoe@cts.com >Subject: RE: shells > > >Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> types: >> Most of the core FreeBSD developers prefer the C shell. There's >> no real technical reason for their preference, they just like >> it better. > >Is it really most? It wouldn't take much more than a small minority to >create the situation we have today, where it's simply to political to >change. > I asked Jordan this question about 2 years ago and that was the answer I got. As you point out, anyone who is a committer could easily change this. I would definitely not choose to be that person, though. :-) Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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