Re: [gentoo-dev] RFD : .ebuild is only bash

[Michael Orlitzky]

On 03/12/12 13:12, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:05:46 +0100
> Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote:
>> See above, even if we should ever move away from bash, GLEP 55 is
>> still not needed.
>
> ...but we might as well go with GLEP 55 anyway, since GLEP 55
> definitely works, whereas other solutions might work so long as we
> don't do something unexpected.
>
> This whole thing is just an exercise in trying to find excuses not to
> use GLEP 55.
>

Not understanding any of the politics involved, what are the technical
arguments against it?