Re: [PATCH 0/6] test: make the test suite work with zsh

From: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Date: Apr 1, 2023, 00:04 UTC
Message-ID: <ZCd0+MqwYkKBO1DK@nand.local>
In-Reply-To: <CAMP44s3xVL0UHCHh2Ei=STTx=grkpvUTfj6o9roe3tL35GhG4Q@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 08:19:08AM -0600, Felipe Contreras wrote:

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> > It is my impression, however, that zsh in its native mode is even
> > further out and away, pushing it on the other side of the line of
> > being reasonable to force our develoerps to adjust to.
>
> Just because it's your impression doesn't mean it's true.

Sure, but zsh's incompatibility with bash is clear evidence that it is further out from the POSIX standard. But I think the argument is missing the point, anyway, which is that it's incompatible with POSIX.

Is it worth adapting our explicitly POSIX-compatible test suite to work with a non-POSIX shell? I think not.

Thanks, Taylor