From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 15 22: 5:10 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.169.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0113737B43F for ; Sun, 15 Apr 2001 22:05:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedm.placo.com (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.168.154]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f3G555k29720; Sun, 15 Apr 2001 22:05:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Mike Meyer" Cc: , Subject: RE: shells Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 22:05:04 -0700 Message-ID: <003601c0c632$cc9bc940$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 In-Reply-To: <15066.759.837259.778764@guru.mired.org> Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >-----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 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