[indiana-discuss] Default Shell

[Glynn Foster]

Hey,

Henrik Johansson wrote:
> This flirt with the Linux community could have quite bad consequences, the
> scenario that Roland painted out in his mail looks quite bad*, large machines
> that would have to do waste lots of resources due to cross-calls for every
> exec etc? So i can honestly not see how it can be used as the default shell
> for root when there was a chance to integrate ksh93.
> 
> Is there a official motivation or statement regarding this choice anywhere?

It's a preview release, and we're trying something new. However, if ksh93 does
look like the best possible shell with good usability so that the average bash
user wouldn't even notice the difference, then yes, it may well be changed.

We're on a 6 month time based release schedule, and had limited time (and
resources) to put something out there. We need to make good, incremental
improvements over time rather than frustrating our users year after year because
we can't agree.


Glynn