Re: Suggestions for improving Bash

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On 4/21/20 7:17 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 10:25:30PM -0400, Dale R. Worley wrote:
>> Is this the proper place to make suggestions for improving Bash?
> 
> Yes.  It should also be noted that there is no public bug tracker,

That's not quite true. There is a bug tracker on savannah
(https://savannah.gnu.org/support/index.php). It's just not as frequently
used.

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