Josh Hurst wrote:
> On 8/6/07, Stephen Lau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Josh Hurst wrote:
>>> +1
>>>
>>> Shipping ksh88 as /bin/ksh in Indiana would be a disaster - first
>>> Opensolaris promises to replace the old ksh88 with a far superior
>>> ksh93, invests a year of development and then we neglect the promise
>>> and work. We'd be in deep dooo-doo if this happens. Neither would it
>>> be a good omen for other Opensolaris projects.
>> I agree Indiana should ship ksh93 (for both technical and licensing
>> reasons).
>>
>> Though, I have to point out.... I find it hard to believe that
>> Opensolaris, as a non-breathing, non-sentient thing would make such a
>> promise as to replace ksh88 with ksh93.
>>
>> From what I recall, the community members and sponsors involved stated
>> they would integrate ksh93 into the OpenSolaris source base - not that
>> they would replace ksh88.
>
> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/ksh93-integration/ reads: "The
> ksh93-integration project should investigate and execute the
> integration ... the migration of /usr/bin/ksh to the standard version
> of ksh93" and the ksh93 list has a long thread about "ksh88->ksh93
> migration plan".
>
> First paragraph. Hard to miss.
And above that:
The ksh93-integration project should investigate and execute the
integration of the Korn Shell version 93 (ksh93) and related features,
including:
* Introduction of ksh93 (/usr/bin/nksh and /usr/bin/ksh93 were
proposed until /usr/bin/ksh will be updated to ksh93)
So perhaps the wording is unclear; I've always understood this project
to be a multiple phase project with the initial phase focusing on
integrating ksh93 as ksh93, not as a replacement for ksh88.
And to address your point; specifically, this project HAS and will
continue to investigate the migration of usr/bin/ksh to /usr/bin/ksh93 -
but that is a tougher problem than the initial integration of ksh93.
Anyway, it's all moot. This has clearly deviated from the initial
thread, and is off-topic (my fault as much as anyone elses).
cheers,
steve
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