On Wed, 7 Aug 2013 20:34:55 +0200 Irek Szczesniak wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 3:21 PM, Glenn Fowler <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > the AT&T Software Technology ast alpha 2013-08-07 source release
> > has been posted to the download site
> >         http://www.research.att.com/sw/download/alpha/
> > the package names and md5 checksums are
> >             INIT  47f2073fae4b73fe5210cc4e287556ca
> >         ast-open  e6927faa687a2af8ee94431b793c08ac
> >          ast-ksh  43b7379fdf573811c66f41ce231cbac0
> > the md5 sums should match the ones listed on the download page
> >
> > still tracking down build problems and regressions on some systems / 
> > compilers
> > *in general no new features until then*
> > except for ksh93v- and features required to fix problems and regressions
> >
> > our macos now has clang as the default cc so playing nice with it is at the 
> > top of the list
> >
> > why so many problems and regressions?
> > adding patches is easy
> > getting them right is hard
> > especially the ones that require emulation
> >
> > fus3d is a work in progress replacement for 3d -- still missing some 
> > features
> >
> > changes since 2013-07-27
> >
> > :::::::: gzip ::::::::
> >
> > 13-07-30 gzip.c: 6 now default compression level (same as gzip(1)) for 5x 
> > time savings for negligible size in some cases
> >
> > :::::::: fus3d ::::::::
> >
> > 2013-07-29 snarf from amazing dr.ek, ast-ize, and its alive
> >
> > :::::::: ksh93 ::::::::
> >
> > 13-08-05  --- Release ksh93v- ---
> > 13-08-05  Fix a bug in which read -C could reference uninitialized memory.
> > 13-07-31  Fixed a bug with index arrays of short integer types in arrays
> >           inside types that could lead to a core dump.
> > 13-07-30  Fixed a bug with short integer arithemtic that could lead to a
> >           core dump.
> > 13-07-30 +An experimental change to each enumeration variable have 
> > subvariables
> >           for each enumeration constant.  ${enum.name} will expand to the
> >           numerical value of the enumeration name associatied with enum.
> > 13-07-30 +An experimental change to allow ${foo.__} to expand to the parent
> >           node for foo, or foo if foo doesn't have a parent.  There are no
> >           regression tests for .__ yet.
> >
> > :::::::: setid ::::::::
> >
> > 13-07-31 first release
> >
> > :::::::: tw ::::::::
> >
> > 13-08-02 find: add { -show -delete } for gnu/sol compatibility
> >
> > :::::::: libast ::::::::
> >
> > 13-08-06 tm/tvsleep.c: fix interrupted select() remaining time logic
> > 13-08-06 path/pathopen.c,pathdev.c: handle /dev/fd/ dir pseudo stat
> > 13-08-05 vmalloc/malloc.c: add VMALLOC_OPTIONS=usage => VM_usage
> > 13-08-01 path/pathopen.c: fix /dev/fd/<fd>/trailing-path bug that missed 
> > trailing-path
> > 13-07-31 features/lib: add setregid
> > 13-07-29 vmalloc/vmdcsystem.c: add EINTR restart checks for system getmemory

> fgetcwd() is missing.

> While I do understand the conservative approach I'd value it if
> standalone api changes, those which add new features and don't
> interfere with existing code, would be adopted faster during the
> alpha/beta cycle. Sometimes the lack of development schedule
> performance causes me to rip out my hairs, quite literally. Just
> saying that as the diff we use at GE Healthcare to patch ksh93 is
> nearly as large as the ast-ksh sources. And that's not a good sign.

sorry about the size of the diffs
if there were only one target that would be true
but with multiple targets even a change like adding fgetcwd() can burn a full 
day
since its my days being burned I lean towards build stability first
then new features

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