On 5/6/06, Martin Schaffstall <martin.schaffstall at googlemail.com> wrote: > On 5/6/06, Mike Kupfer <mike.kupfer at sun.com> wrote: > > Rainer Orth is working on some packaging changes, so that we can get a > > clean package build with OpenSolaris. One of the packages that > > currently has problems is SUNWcsu, because it contains ksh. Rainer is > > proposing to split ksh out into its own package, to be called either > > SUNWksh or SUNWksh88. I favor SUNWksh88, but I wanted to mention it > > here in case someone has a good reason for making it SUNWksh. > > I think neither SUNWksh or SUNWksh88 are good candidates for package > names. Why? Because SUNWksh is unsuited for the old korn shell which > is hopefully being replaced by ksh93 soon (version clash, the same > package may contain different versions of the shell. It'll may also > force ksh93 to choose another package name which may be an ill fated > package name choice, too).
I completely agree with this argumentation. The current Solaris ksh should may have any package name *EXCEPT* "SUNWksh". "SUNWksh" should be reserved for the new version (also known as ksh93 :) ) of ksh in Solaris. Irek
