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. I thought I read that ksh93 is going into ON... correct? > > > -- > -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com > Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering > -- - Brian Gupta http://opensolaris.org/os/project/nycosug/
