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[Arwed von Merkatz <v.merkatz AT gmx.net>]

On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 10:51:45AM +0100, Andraž 'ruskie' Levstik wrote:
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> To finnaly and official settle this.
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> What's our current take on using bash3 specifics in spells?
> Yes I know some spells already use them but that's irrelevant
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Does sorcery require bash3 now or does it still work with bash 2.x?
If sorcery requires it, we're certainly free to use them in spells. If
not, keeping basesystem spells bash2 compatible makes conversion of
existing systems easier, but I'm not sure if that's even required
anymore, since installing into a chroot based on some iso image is
always possible.
For anything outside of basesystem, bash3 is fine, but I'd personally
limit it to cases where it really makes sense, as many people aren't
familiar with those features yet.

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