Re: KSH Alignment

On 2024-02-23 08:30, Cy Schubert wrote:
> In message <787339cd-48e4-49bf-b96e-77aab06cedd8@FreeBSD.org>, Rodrigo
> Osorio w
> rites:
>> This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
>> 
>> On 23/02/24 16:54, Cy Schubert wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Would there be any interest in either replacing shells/pdksh with
>> > shells/ksh as our default ksh dependency? Or Uses/ksh.mk to select a
>> > default ksh for ports?
>> >
>> > The reason I ask is, shells/ksh has its lineage from the original AT&T ksh
>> > (shells/ksh93) and is being actively developed (see shells/ksh-devel).
>> > shells/ksh upstream is also the ksh imported into and used by CDE
>> > (x11/cde*).
>> >
>> > My position is, I'd prefer a Uses/ksh.mk. If people are interested, I'm
>> > willing to put this task on my todo list.
>> >
>> >
>> Hi,
>> As long as there is no compatibilities issues, having a well
>> maintained ksh version makes a lot of sense.
>> pdksh wasn't update for ages and afaik, has no active developer.
>> 
>> As the shells/pdksh maintainer you have my blessing.
> 
> I'll put together a phabricator review over the next while to add
> Mk/Uses/ksh.mk. We'll probably need an exp-run too.
Looking forward to it. Thanks for volunteering to do this.

--Chris