On 2024-02-23 08:30, Cy Schubert wrote:
In message <787339cd-48e4-49bf-b96e-77aab06ce...@freebsd.org>, Rodrigo
Osorio w
rites:
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On 23/02/24 16:54, Cy Schubert wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Would there be any interest in either replacing shells/pdksh with
> shells/ksh as our default ksh dependency? Or Uses/ksh.mk to select a
> default ksh for ports?
>
> The reason I ask is, shells/ksh has its lineage from the original AT&T ksh
> (shells/ksh93) and is being actively developed (see shells/ksh-devel).
> shells/ksh upstream is also the ksh imported into and used by CDE
> (x11/cde*).
>
> My position is, I'd prefer a Uses/ksh.mk. If people are interested, I'm
> willing to put this task on my todo list.
>
>
Hi,
As long as there is no compatibilities issues, having a well
maintained ksh version makes a lot of sense.
pdksh wasn't update for ages and afaik, has no active developer.
As the shells/pdksh maintainer you have my blessing.
I'll put together a phabricator review over the next while to add
Mk/Uses/ksh.mk. We'll probably need an exp-run too.
Looking forward to it. Thanks for volunteering to do this.
--Chris
