#763152 Please do not handle bash as essential anymore

Package:
bash
Source:
bash
Description:
GNU Bourne Again SHell
Submitter:
Klaus Ethgen
Date:
2014-10-14 22:51:10 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#763152#5
Date:
2014-09-28 09:01:14 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

Please devote bash from essential state to just any normal shell state.
There is no need to have it in a that prominent position. Especially
with regard to the recent security problems.

We have dash in place for ages now. So there is no need for bash either.
For the moment there are still some scripts that uses bash for no need.
That would not change until bash is devoted to lower precedence. That
scripts that really needs to use bash should mention that in the
dependencies.

I hope I found the right pseudo package for this bug. I even be not sure
if it should be wishlist or normal (From my point of view it is wishlist
but a very important wish).

#763152#10
Date:
2014-09-28 10:41:13 UTC
From:
To:
reassign 763152 bash
severity 103284 wishlist
forcemerge 103284 763152
thanks

Hi Klaus,
[...]

the right package for this is bash, as explained in
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-binary.html#s3.8


cheers,
	Holger

#763152#15
Date:
2014-09-28 10:41:13 UTC
From:
To:
reassign 763152 bash
severity 103284 wishlist
forcemerge 103284 763152
thanks

Hi Klaus,
[...]

the right package for this is bash, as explained in
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-binary.html#s3.8


cheers,
	Holger

#763152#20
Date:
2014-10-14 22:46:13 UTC
From:
To:
reassign 763152 bash
forcemerge 103284 763152
thanks


It appears that the original reassign request didn't reach
control@bugs.d.o - resending (minus severity wishlist for 103284, as
it's already wishlist-ed).


Regards,
T.