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Date:      Fri, 23 Feb 2024 20:50:12 -0800
From:      Chris <portmaster@bsdforge.com>
To:        Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: KSH Alignment
Message-ID:  <724b65591c40de011b503069ea13da24@bsdforge.com>
In-Reply-To: <20240223163008.AF7DF3F2@slippy.cwsent.com>
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On 2024-02-23 08:30, Cy Schubert wrote:
> In message <787339cd-48e4-49bf-b96e-77aab06cedd8@FreeBSD.org>, Rodrigo
> Osorio w
> rites:
>> This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
>> 
>> On 23/02/24 16:54, Cy Schubert wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Would there be any interest in either replacing shells/pdksh with
>> > shells/ksh as our default ksh dependency? Or Uses/ksh.mk to select a
>> > default ksh for ports?
>> >
>> > The reason I ask is, shells/ksh has its lineage from the original AT&T ksh
>> > (shells/ksh93) and is being actively developed (see shells/ksh-devel).
>> > shells/ksh upstream is also the ksh imported into and used by CDE
>> > (x11/cde*).
>> >
>> > My position is, I'd prefer a Uses/ksh.mk. If people are interested, I'm
>> > willing to put this task on my todo list.
>> >
>> >
>> Hi,
>> As long as there is no compatibilities issues, having a well
>> maintained ksh version makes a lot of sense.
>> pdksh wasn't update for ages and afaik, has no active developer.
>> 
>> As the shells/pdksh maintainer you have my blessing.
> 
> I'll put together a phabricator review over the next while to add
> Mk/Uses/ksh.mk. We'll probably need an exp-run too.
Looking forward to it. Thanks for volunteering to do this.

--Chris



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