OK, it’s happened, mksh has been synched, pdksh is now obsolete. Availability: mksh has until now built on all Ubuntu platforms and should continue to do so; if not, an active maintainer (mirabilos) will review build logs and take actions.
Rationale: The package replaces another package we currently support (pdksh) and promises higher quality (it does!) and/or better features (it does!), so that we can drop the old package from the supported set. Security: yep Quality assurance: all points met UI standards: no translation, but that’s not a regression relative to pdksh. Also, this is a shell intended for people knowing how to use a command line, or for running scripts, so it’s not likely to face a user unable to understand it. Furthermore, many system errors (from calls to strerror() and friends) are internationalised by libc. Dependencies: only src:dietlibc is in universe, all other B-D, Depends and Recommends are in main; dietlibc is an optional build-dependency (meaning the package compiles without it installed without any patching required), and klibc is normally used in preference nowadays anyway (which is in main), so dropping dietlibc would not change the package. (However, unless Ubuntu adds a pseudo-package, the Build-Depends line cannot/will not be changed in Debian to exclude dietlibc-dev. Build- Depending on "dietlibc-dev | some-ubuntu-pseudopackage" would be acceptable.) Adding dietlibc to main is subject to your deliberation, you could think about it. Standards compliance: ok Maintenance: upstream is maintainer in Debian, very active; pdksh was orphaned Background information: see above mksh had one CVE for an esoteric feature, which was immediately fixed. Code is regularily reviewed by tools (llvm+clang scan-build, Coverity scan/prevent) and people (e.g. during the Android inclusion process). No suid, sbin, dæmons or network. No plugins. Please advice on whether an MIR for dietlibc would be considered. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1018162 Title: [MIR] mksh To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mksh/+bug/1018162/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
