Kenneth Pronovici dixit:

>I'm not trying to be snarky here, but I'm a little lost.  This package
>is orphaned.  If you're no longer the package maintainer, why should
>it even matter to you whether upstream issues are tracked as Debian
>bugs?

Because

① I’m upstream,

② I’m maintaining this package in Debian, and, most importantly,

③ feature requests aren’t bugs, period.

>Besides that, this is arguably a functional regression vs. older
>versions of pdksh in Debian, which mksh now provides.  I think it's
>useful to have the change in behavior noted, even if it is only a
>wishlist.

That’s arguably a good point.

One of mksh’s biggest strengths is that it behaves consistently
across all platforms, though. DO NOT break that.

Goodnight,
//mirabilos
-- 
<igli> exceptions: a truly awful implementation of quite a nice idea.
<igli> just about the worst way you could do something like that, afaic.
<igli> it's like anti-design.  <mirabilos> that too… may I quote you on that?
<igli> sure, tho i doubt anyone will listen ;)


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