[indiana-discuss] scope

[Keith Bierman]

On Aug 6, 2007, at 10:15 AM, Josh Hurst wrote:

>>
>> I hope Indiana is going to set this build flag to 'ksh' by default.
>
> +1
>
> Shipping ksh88 as /bin/ksh in Indiana would be a disaster - first
> Opensolaris promises to replace the old ksh88 with a far superior
> ksh93, invests a year of development and then we neglect the promise
> and work. We'd be in deep dooo-doo if this happens. Neither would it
> be a good omen for other Opensolaris projects.
>

I don't think anyone suggested that. The question, as I understood  
it, was would the thing called ksh be the Solaris traditional one or  
not (with ksh93 already in as ksh93).

We seldom get a chance to break compatibility. This is our one big  
shot at making some disruptive changes, so I'd vote to make them all  
now.

If ksh88 (Solaris Classic) needs to be included at all, it should be  
in a compatibility directory or under the name ksh88. Arguments for  
both have certainly be made in the past, in other contexts ;>

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