[ksh93-integration-discuss] good news: contributions to ksh93 approved

[Mike Kupfer]

>>>>> "WJ" == William James <williamjamesgnusolaris at gmail.com> writes:

WJ> Could you elaborate on what this means for this project (I am new to
WJ> this list, please excuse me if I start asking silly things)?

ksh93 provides a richer set of built-in commands than the current
Solaris ksh does.  This can lead to maintenance problems due to having
multiple copies of the same functionality (e.g., /bin/chmod and the
ksh93 chmod).  The ksh93 project plans to explore using a single code
base for both the regular commands and the built-ins.  This will likely
require giving some of the existing Solaris code (e.g., for managing ZFS
ACLs) back to AT&T for inclusion in ksh93.

mike