On Fri, 30 Aug 2013 04:15:28 +0200 Cedric Blancher wrote: > On 30 August 2013 04:11, Glenn Fowler <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Fri, 30 Aug 2013 04:02:24 +0200 Cedric Blancher wrote: > >> On 30 August 2013 03:59, Glenn Fowler <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> > On Fri, 30 Aug 2013 01:15:30 +0200 Roland Mainz wrote: > >> >> On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 7:45 PM, Glenn Fowler <[email protected]> > >> >> wrote: > >> >> > the AT&T Software Technology ast alpha 2013-08-29 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 132e0403af573fa1cb1e202267fedeb8 > >> >> > ast-open 334615fb3a652575106194c281d27b5c > >> >> > ast-ksh ebcc56d9ab673aaafbb163d6eee1a93c > >> >> > the md5 sums should match the ones listed on the download page > >> > > >> > well that RELEASE note was optimistic > >> > > >> > I had it and ls.c over there before I realized that ast ls has not been > >> > fts-ized yet > >> > it uses the ancient ast pre-fts ftwalk() api > > > >> 1. We are in alpha mode, right? > >> 2. Since we are in 1., could you not just add it *NOW* and let the > >> crazy audience which dares enough to use builtin ls; ls -l take their > >> chances? :) > > > > there's more work involved than fts-izing > > and there is nothing worse than a busted ls > > if a builtin ls screws up it takes the shell with it > > so no quick fix here
> That's what alpha's are for. Or add a SHOPT_LSBUILTIN for the more > (willingly) risk-taking audience. > That's reminds me to renew Lionel's SHOPT_EXPERIMENTAL proposal so > that new or potentially risky features can be moved earlier into the > source than you currently do it. Not all here agree with the current > snail's pace of development. I can't in good conscience put in anything I know doesn't work especially things that are in the inner loop of the build process you really want half-assed code in alphas? _______________________________________________ ast-developers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.research.att.com/mailman/listinfo/ast-developers
