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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





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