On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 07:08:55PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: > On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 05:05:09PM +0000, Gerrit Pape wrote: > > do people really choose ash from a menu to have it open an interactive > > shell in a new window? I wouldn't mind if you simply remove the item > > from the menu package, I personally don't see a need for it. How did it > > get there, has it been requested by users? > > I will hazard the guess that this file was added to one of the first menu > package release circa 1997. > > However, the Debian menu subpolicy list a dedicated menu section for > shells (Apps/Shells) and it is more consistent to have all shells listed > there. (why providing a shell if it is not supposed to be used ?)
dash primarily is meant to run non-interactively, and to be used as a standard /bin/sh interpreter for shell scripts. I think I'll add the menu file to the dash package nevertheless (today's ash package only provides a symlink /bin/ash -> dash), so it should be fine if you remove /usr/share/menu/default/ash from the menu package. Regards, Gerrit. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
