About dtksh / was: Re: [ksh93-integration-discuss] some questionsabout ksh93 integration

[Roland Mainz]

Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> Roland Mainz wrote:
> > I completely agree. There is one thing which may require some
> > communication within Sun... currently it seems that if any customer asks
> > for ksh93 they get redirected to "dtksh"... which is... uhm... not
> > really usefull (it's based on an alpha version of "ksh93d" and it's
> > ksh93 basis was never updated since then (except some cosmetic work)).
> 
> That's probably because that's the workaround listed in the old "we want
> ksh93" RFE - I doubt support would know dtksh was a ksh93-variant if it
> wasn't there.

Can anyone please please please replace that suggestion with the warning
I wrote above ? Maybe with bold, italic and blinking text ? =:-)

> > It may be nice if Sun support would either suggest to "... build ksh93
> > from source..." (for Solaris <= 9) OR redirect them to
> > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/ksh93-integration/ (for Solaris >=
> > 10) ... but avoid the suggestion to use "dtksh" in any case...
> 
> We can't control what support says, but if we put those into the workaround
> of the ksh93 RFE, it's much more likely that's what support will tell the
> customers who ask.

Ok... an update of the "dtksh" comments in that bug would be nice...
... and to repeat myself like a broken gramophone record: I am willing
to repair dtksh and update it's ksh93 basis and I am even willing to
sign an NDA (or what ever is needed for that) if required. The work is
AFAIK quite simple...

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Bye,
Roland

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