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Re:The desktop and the developer by misnome on Tuesday May 20, 2014 @08:10AM (#7772100)
If you are caring about things like specific bash versions, then you probably don't fall into the category of people who don't want to micromanage every aspect of their system.
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Re:The desktop and the developer by CJefferson on Tuesday May 20, 2014 @08:22AM (#7772151)
There is a big difference between caring about 'specific bash versions', and wanting a version of bash released after 2007. How many other applications on your computer are 7 years out of date?
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Re:The desktop and the developer by TheZenPsycho on Tuesday May 20, 2014 @09:15PM (#7776208)
brew install bash

… really.

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Re:The desktop and the developer by davexunit on Tuesday May 20, 2014 @09:02AM (#7772293)
Apple refuses to update bash (and other GNU software) because they use the GPLv3, so all OS X users receive GNU software that is horribly out-of-date. Apple ships Emacs, but it's version 22.1 from 2007, and the current stable release is 24.3.
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Re:The desktop and the developer by tomp on Tuesday May 20, 2014 @08:13AM (#7772109)
Sometimes you just care about having up-to-date bug-fixed software.
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