> Just a quick announcement that the "shell" project is > now open. > > What are we are doing ? > > The "shell project" should investigate and execute > improvements related to shells and the shell > environment in > (Open-)Solaris: > > * Improve usuablity for plain users, including > beginners > and admins > Maintain/update various shells in Solaris (including > bash, csh, ksh93, tcsh, zsh, /usr/bin/sh, > /usr/xpg4/bin/sh, etc.) > * Implement /etc/env.d/ to provide a way to add > plugable > shell scriptfragments for startup/shutdown of user > sessions (login, interactive) > * Improve the default shell environment, including: > + Manual-page subsystem, e.g. the defaults of > MANPATH, PAGER, etc., the related tools and their > default configuration > + Per-user temporary directories (TMPDIR), e.g. > /tmp/ > <username> instead of putting everything into > /tmp > + More ideas welcome > mplement tools like /usr/sbin/chsh (change user > shell) > and /usr/bin/chfn (change finger/GCOS > information) > * Improve internationalisation (=i18n) and > localisation > (=l10n) support in the shell environment > Followup of the ksh93-integration project, > including: > + ksh93 busybox project > + ksh93 Dtrace project > + "shcomp" - shell script compiler and shbinexec > kernel module > Start the work on a future POSIX shell standard > which > may include some of the newer ksh93/bash features. > y are we doing this ? > > * Improve the user-friendliness of the Solaris > shell > environment, via enhancements of the default > setup, > history, builtins etc > rther information can be found on the project home > page at > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/shell/ or in > the project > mailinglist (see > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/shell-dis > cuss/ for > instructions how to subscribe and/or access the list > archives (please > _subscribe_ before posting...)).
Sweet! This is a long time coming, and will definitely ease adoption for new users. A big +1!!! - Ryan -- UNIX Administrator http://prefetch.net This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
