I'm sponsoring this case for myself. Given that the upgraded interfaces
are primarily Volatile (nee External), and that the move from /usr/sfw to
/usr is generally approved, I'm running this as an Automatic Approval case.
Please squawk soon if you disagree.
This project requests a minor release binding.
This project proposes to upgrade zsh from 4.2.5 to the latest 4.3 (4.3.4 as
of this writing) and to move zsh out from /usr/sfw back into /usr,
following PSARC/2005/185, Enabling serendipitous discovery.
The primary new feature in the 4.3 line of zsh is support for multibyte
character sets. This is still a work-in-progress, but the shell is stable.
Other major changes can be found in the excerpt from the NEWS file,
available as NEWS in the case directory.
The move from /usr/sfw to /usr is leaving behind a symlink in /usr/sfw/bin
to the new executable location in /usr/bin. No other symlinks are
proposed. The rest of the move is straightforward.
With the inclusion of PCRE (PSARC/2007/164) in the WOS, zsh will now
compile with PCRE support enabled. This means that a new module, zsh/pcre,
will be available.
Interface Stability
--------- ---------
/usr/bin/zsh Committed
/usr/sfw/bin/zsh Obsolete (was Evolving: PSARC/2003/680)
Everything else Volatile
References
PSARC/2005/185 Enabling serendipitous discovery
PSARC/2003/680 zsh 4.1.1
PSARC/2007/164 Including PCRE with Solaris
