Well, I definitely do not want to add set -e to our fundamental scripts
a week before our final release. But if you want to add it for Debian,
I don't know of any specific reason not to. You can experience the
pain, or lack thereof.
As I've written before:
- I am not a fan of set -e in general, because
I've seen too much otherwise-unnecessary code added to placate it, and
confusing silent aborts result.
- but I do not categorically refuse to add it in the future.
- After the release.
Do you know of any reason why set -e was
not used from the very begining?
I don't know of any specific technical reason. I expect Thomas was no
fan of set -e either.
karl
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