[arch-general] New install media 2012.08.04 uses ZSH, if I may ask, why?

[Jeremiah Dodds]

Leon Jacobs <leonja511 at gmail.com> writes:

> On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 8:49 AM, Tom Gundersen <teg at jklm.no> wrote:
>> We need /bin/bash and also /bin/sh to be provided by bash, so the
>> 'bash' package is installed on the install media. We just install zsh
>> in addition and default to that as the interactive shell.
>>
>> Pierre explicitly said that he wanted to do this release as a test,
>> and if problems crop up in the feedback due to zsh, then we'll revert
>> it in a future release. So, please test and let us know of any
>> problems we might have overlooked.
>>
>
> On the contrary, this inspired me to try zsh out. Im loving it so far! :D

If you're just getting started out with zsh, you might like Sorin
Ionescu's fork of oh-my-zsh[1]

Footnotes: 
[1]  https://github.com/sorin-ionescu/prezto

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