One does not normally expect to see a great deal of angst over a one-page
shell script, even on the Internet. But Debian is special, so it has been
having an extended discussion over the fate of the which command
that has been escalated to the Debian Technical Committee. The amount of
attention that has been given to a small, nonstandard utility shines a
light on Debian’s governance processes and the interaction of tradition
with standards.
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