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From: "Alec Warner" <antarus@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Fwd: [gentoo-dev] More general interface to use flags
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 22:26:29 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <b41005390711022226h23aa0034kcda0cb5a1873f1d1@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b41005390711022225i4f30bb01jbf5a040c60c4b088@mail.gmail.com>

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Alec Warner <antarus@scriptkitty.com>
Date: Nov 2, 2007 10:25 PM
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] More general interface to use flags
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org


On 11/2/07, Roy Marples <uberlord@gentoo.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 18:17 +0100, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote:
> > On Friday 02 November 2007 17:52:13 Roy Marples wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 17:30 +0100, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote:
> > > > Please explain why you hijack this thread to discuss POSIX vs. bash when
> > > > it's supposed to be about the API for ebuilds.
> > >
> > > I dislike the gratuitous use of bash for no good reason - and in the
> > > code he gave there is no good reason for using bashisms.
> >
> > So your approach to getting it your way is to hijack every thread that shows
> > use of bashisms until people start using your inferior workarounds?
>
> I don't see them as inferior.
> I see them as more portable and less confusing.
>
> Of course you are welcome to compare the code in question and state
> which is inferior and why it is so.
>
> Thanks
>
> Roy

I think Roy's comments about POSIX shell are appropriate in that it is
his goal to see POSIX shell used within Gentoo and it is important to
that goal to point out where one can use POSIX shell instead of bash.
That being said; as far as I'm aware the reference implementation
provided by hkbst is in relation to portage (since it was already
discussed on the gentoo-dev-portage list).  Since portage currently
uses bash and to my knowledge is not moving to POSIX shell in the near
term, I think bash is appropriate in the implementation.  AKA,
everyone stop arguing about which is better.

-Alec
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-11-03  5:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-11-02 13:44 [gentoo-dev] More general interface to use flags Marijn Schouten (hkBst)
2007-11-02 14:04 ` Roy Marples
2007-11-02 14:27   ` Marijn Schouten (hkBst)
2007-11-02 14:52     ` Roy Marples
2007-11-02 14:59   ` Mike Frysinger
2007-11-02 15:30     ` Roy Marples
2007-11-02 15:38       ` Mike Frysinger
2007-11-02 15:48         ` Roy Marples
2007-11-02 15:58           ` Mike Frysinger
2007-11-02 16:10             ` Roy Marples
2007-11-02 16:30               ` Bo Ørsted Andresen
2007-11-02 16:52                 ` Roy Marples
2007-11-02 17:17                   ` Bo Ørsted Andresen
2007-11-02 17:35                     ` Roy Marples
2007-11-03  0:19                       ` [gentoo-dev] POSIX shell and "portable" Fabian Groffen
2007-11-03  0:47                         ` Roy Marples
2007-11-05  9:22                           ` Michael Haubenwallner
2007-11-05 10:13                             ` Roy Marples
2007-11-05 13:21                               ` Michael Haubenwallner
2007-11-05 20:21                                 ` Mike Frysinger
2007-11-05 23:18                                   ` Roy Marples
2007-11-06  7:12                                     ` Ciaran McCreesh
2007-11-06  7:40                                       ` Roy Marples
2007-11-06  8:03                                         ` Ciaran McCreesh
2007-11-06  8:25                                           ` Roy Marples
2007-11-06  9:04                                     ` Michael Haubenwallner
2007-11-05 20:32                                 ` Roy Marples
2007-11-05 20:55                                   ` Fabian Groffen
2007-11-05 22:27                                   ` Mike Frysinger
2007-11-03  0:57                         ` Natanael copa
2007-11-03  1:06                         ` Roy Marples
2007-11-03 16:19                           ` [gentoo-dev] " Steve Long
2007-11-03  1:10                         ` [gentoo-dev] " Roy Marples
     [not found]                       ` <b41005390711022225i4f30bb01jbf5a040c60c4b088@mail.gmail.com>
2007-11-03  5:26                         ` Alec Warner [this message]
2007-11-03 21:57                           ` Fwd: [gentoo-dev] More general interface to use flags Mike Frysinger
2007-11-04 10:54 ` [gentoo-dev] " Steve Long
2007-11-04 21:54   ` Alec Warner
2007-11-06 11:50     ` Steve Long

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