Upgrade Travis CI environment to newer versions of bash and zsh
HaleTom opened this issue · comments
As can be seen in this Travis CI output for PR #263: "Fix #167, #202, #204 and a bunch of other goodies", the tests only pass on zsh on MacOS.
However, all tests pass on my Manjaro Linux box.
In Minimum bash and zsh version requirements #260 I asked about which versions of {ba,z}sh this project requires as a pre-requisite, and the answer was:
TL:DR; Use modern features, especially if they improve security and safety.
Given this, can the shells in Travis CI be upgraded?
Alright, can you point me to all the places in #263 that require a modern bash shell? I'd just like to investigate what can be done to support a legacy bash shell. Please don't hate me =( I really appreciate all the work you've put into this and you've reinvigorated me concerning the upkeep of this project.
Are there any projects that provide polyfills for shell support that we could incorporate? ala the javascript ecosystem.
If not, I'd be interested in starting a shell polyfill project to provide support like this.