On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 01:00:46PM +0000, Kevin Chadwick wrote: > After getting annoyed with debian using dash as /bin/sh. Adding features > is one understandable thing affecting portability but surely you can > keep it backward compatible. I came across this description and > wondered what the lists thoughts would be. > > "http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/mksh"; > > "mksh is the only pdksh derivate currently being actively developed. It > includes bug fixes and feature improvements, in order to produce a > modern, robust shell good for interactive and especially script > use. mksh has UTF-8 support (in substring operations and the Emacs > editing mode) and, while R39c corresponds to OpenBSD 4.6-current ksh > (without GNU bash-like PS1 and fancy character classes), adheres to > SUSv4 and is much more robust."
All lies. Nothing to see there. Just someone who took some code and pretends it's theirs. These so called changes are mostly build script and other uninteresting updates. ksh works fine; it is maintained etc.
