Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 19:58:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@freebsd.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami <asami@freebsd.org>, obrien@freebsd.org, Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>, arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Import of tcsh into src/contrib/, replacing src/usr.bin/csh Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004101955260.38915-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200004110008.RAA29263@usr09.primenet.com>
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On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, Terry Lambert wrote:
> The problem is not that "csh" scripts from other systems won't run
> on "tcsh", the problem is that if someone naievely writes code
> thinking that the result will then run on some other box, when in
> fact it will not, because that boxes "csh" has not be replaced
> with "tcsh".
So you wouldn't object to leaving csh as csh, importing tcsh and making it
the default shell for root?
The perception of new users is really a very big factor here - people who
spend any time listening to newbie comments (as opposed to just talking
about their 20-year old UNIX habits and how they're too old to change)
will know how much we Lose here when they're used to a system (Linux) with
a "friendly" default shell.
Kris
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