ksh93 update 2 [PSARC/2009/063 FastTrack timeout 02/09/2009]

[Roland Mainz]

Scott Rotondo wrote:
> John Plocher wrote:
> > Peter Tribble wrote:
> >>> I know that I'm certainly not happy about ripping out Solaris commands and
> >>> replacing them with external commands.
> >
> > Since Sun's management seems to have RIF'd the entire team that used
> > to maintain those old Solaris commands, it seems clear that *they* no
> > longer have the same commitment to them as they used to.  In that
> > case, anything that moves towards a codebase that /is/ actively
> > supported by people who are experts in the field is rather to be
> > desired, don't you think?
> 
> Point taken, but to be fair Sun does still support these commands, and
> there are Sun engineers responsible for maintaining them. Just not as
> many as before.

... which leads to a question from my side: Who is now responsible for
these commands (technically I need a name of someone who can answer some
questions (both technical and organisatorical)) ?

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Bye,
Roland

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