Brandorr wrote:
> On 8/31/07, Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at sun.com> wrote:
>> Brandorr wrote:
>>> A decision has been made to replace /bin/sh with a more
>>> modern/user-friendly default system shell. Ksh93 was chosen because it
>>> is fully backwards compatible with /bin/sh, is fully standards
>>> compliant, has all of the features you love about bash, and also
>>> happens to be the most powerful scripting shell available.
>> It's been discussed, but I don't think anyone can say it's decided yet
>> that's what will happen.
>
> How about???!!!
>
> ===Q: Why isn't bash the default system shell?===
> A: Solaris uses the Bourne shell (/bin/sh) as the default system shell
> to satisfy backward compatibility with historic releases of Solaris.
> There is a consensus building to replace /bin/sh with a more
> modern/user-friendly default system shell. Ksh93 is currently the
> leading candidate because it is fully backwards compatible with
> /bin/sh, is fully standards compliant, has all of the features that
> you love about bash, and also happens to be the most powerful
> scripting shell available.
Sure, though it's a bit heavy on pushing ksh93 as the one true shell.
> I thought I read that ksh93 is going into ON... correct?
Already in nv_72 - you can thank Roland for that.
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-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
