On 9/21/06, Casper.Dik at sun.com <Casper.Dik at sun.com> wrote: > > > >I think it is time to face the truth that Sun doesn't want ksh93 in > >Solaris. Please cancel this project. It is no longer worth wasting > >time here > > > Martin, if you have nothing useful to add, then please butt out. > > If you think we're being harsh on the ksh93 project's ARC case, then > that can only be because you've never seen any other ARC cases. > > This bickering over details like this in cases of this size is the > norm and not an exception. It is really the norm to tear the project into pieces? The ksh93 integration project was once the flagship of OpenSolaris.org but Sun requests for adjustments and feature removals have turned this project into a shadow of it's former shape. If Sun continues this path then there is nothing left which can be integrated. I do not agree with Martin that this project should be canceled completely but I think the short-sightedness on Sun's side is simply SHOCKING. Feature removal as suggested by Casper and James should NOT be an answer to the problems.
I have asked for Roland for ksh93 in /sbin over and over again because /sbin/sh is a calamity. It lacks simple features like POSIX conformance and even the basic features of shells available in other operating systems are missing in this shell. While this project currently does not aim at replacing /sbin/sh it would be nice to provide an alternative. -- Josh
