Drop support for bash < 4.1, clean up no longer needed low hanging cruft.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/README b/README
index 71758cd0..49317121 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then
   . /etc/bash_completion
 fi
 
-(if you happen to have *only* bash >= 3.2 installed, see further if not)
+(if you happen to have *only* bash >= 4.1 installed, see further if not)
 
 If you don't have the package readily available for your distribution, or
 you simply don't want to use one, you can install bash completion using the
@@ -291,12 +291,10 @@ guidelines in mind:
   start interpreters. Use lightweight programs such as grep(1), awk(1)
   and sed(1).
 
-- Use the full power of bash >= 3.2. We no longer support earlier bash
+- Use the full power of bash >= 4.1. We no longer support earlier bash
   versions, so you may as well use all the features of that version of
   bash to optimise your code. However, be careful when using features
-  added since bash 3.2, since not everyone will be able to use them. Be
-  ESPECIALLY careful of using features exclusive to 4.x, as many people
-  are still using 3.x.
+  added since bash 4.1, since not everyone will be able to use them.
 
   For example, extended globs often enable you to avoid the use of
   external programs, which are expensive to fork and execute, so do