[ksh93-integration-discuss] Re: Planning the final ARC case forthe first ksh93-integration putback...

[Roland Mainz]

Glenn Fowler wrote:
[snip]
> > Read http://bugs.grommit.com/show_bug.cgi?id=22#c3 - it seems the
> > problem isn't completely gone.. ;-(
> > ... and I am running out of options and ideas how to solve it. We can't
> > disable the "getconf" builtin since this would break the test suite (and
> > therefore we would ship a ksh93 which is no longer compatible to the
> > upstream versions) and the OS/Net rules forbid a putback with an
> > incompatible builtin enabled.
> 
> > We've reached a deadlock.
> 
> please note that dgk and I aren't privy to the solaris regression tests
> so problems like getconf compatibility may take several rounds to resolve
> 
> I'd also appreciate holding off on terms like "we've reached a deadlock"
> until we've had a chance to have at the next round

Sorry for my screaming&&wailing... the complaint/comment was not in your
direction... the problem is that the OS/Net rules require a "putback
with no known bugs in the code" (and I like this rule and like to honor
it) which collides with our project's goal to putback a "ksh93 which is
fully compatible to the upstream version" (e.g. it should pass the test
suite).
Craig&&I really hoped we could do a putback this month (which was my
optimistic view... my pessimistic side targets Q3/2007 or later (e.g.
when the hell freezes)) ... ;-(

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Bye,
Roland

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