mksh/CONTRIBUTORS

$MirBSD: src/bin/ksh/CONTRIBUTORS,v 2.2 2004/12/13 18:53:25 tg Exp $
$OpenBSD: CONTRIBUTORS,v 1.9 1999/07/14 13:37:23 millert Exp $

This is a partial history of this shell gleened from old change logs and
readmes and source code.
Hopefully it is correct and no contributors have been left out
(file a bug report if you spot a problem :-)).

Release history:
      * Eric Gisin (egisin@math.uwaterloo.ca), created pdksh, using
	Charles Forsyth's public domain V7 shell as a base; also used parts
	of the BRL shell (written by Doug A Gwyn, Doug Kingston, Ron Natalie,
	Arnold Robbins, Lou Salkind, and others?, circa '87; the parts used in
	pdksh included getopts, test builtin, ulimit, tty setting/getting, emacs
	editing, and job control; the test builtin was based on code by Erik
	Baalbergen).
	'87..'89 ?
	Released versions: .. 3.2
      * John R MacMillan (@yonge.csri.toronto.edu:chance!john@sq.sq.com)
	takes over as maintainer
	dates?
	Released versions: 3.3 (?)
      * Simon J. Gerraty (sjg@zen.void.oz.au) takes over as maintainer
	Nov '91..July '94 ?
	Released versions: 4.0 .. 4.9
      * Michael Rendell (michael@cs.mun.ca) takes over as maintainer
	July, 1994
	Released versions: 5.0 .. 5.2
      * Thorsten Glaser (tg@66h.42h.de) releases mksh and is the guy
	to blame for all mirbsdksh-specific or MirOS-specific bugs.
	Released versions: 5.2.14 MirOS 1.1-1.x

Major contributions:
      * John R MacMillan (@yonge.csri.toronto.edu:chance!john@sq.sq.com), ?:
	cleaned up configuration, many bug fixes (see misc/Changes.jrm).
      * Simon Gerraty, (sjg@zen.void.oz.au), Nov '91..?: much improved emacs mode
	ala at&t ksh, 386bsd port, sigaction routines for non-POSIX systems
	(see misc/ChangeLog.sjg and misc/ReadME.sjg).
      * Peter Collinson (pc@hillside.co.uk), July '92: added select, at&t ksh
	style history file, original csh-style {} globbing, BSD/386 port,
	misc bug fixes.
      * Larry Bouzane (larry@compusult.nf.ca), Mar '89..'93: re-wrote job control,
	added async job notification, added CDPATH and other cd fixes, misc bug
	fixes.
      * John Rochester (jr@cs.mun.ca), '87: wrote vi command line editor; various
	bug fixes/enhancements.
      * Jeff Sparkes (jsparkes@bnr.ca), Mar '89..Mar '90: added arrays,
	merged John Rochester's vi code into pdksh, misc bug fixes.
      * Michael Haardt (u31b3hs@POOL.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE), Sept '94:
	organized man page, filled in many of its copious blank spots; added
	KSH ifdefs.
      * Dale DePriest (daled@cadence.com): ported to OS/2 (initially based on
	port of pdksh4.9 to OS/2 by Kai Rommel (rommel@ars.muc.de)); maintains
	OS/2 port; misc bug fixes.

Other contributors:
      * Piercarlo Grandi (pcg@aber.ac.uk), Dec '93: fixes for linux port
      * Neil Smithline (Neil.Smithline@eng.sun.com), Aug '92: emacs-style
	filename completion.
      * Mike Jetzer [mlj] (jetzer@studsys.mscs.mu.edu), ?;Nov '94: fixes for vi
	mode (see misc/Changes.mlj), added v to vi, fixes for history; fixed
	command redoing in vi; fixes to vi globbing.
      * Robert J Gibson: mailbox checking code that was adapted for pdksh by
	John R. MacMillan.
      * ? (guy@demon.co.uk), ?: promptlen() function.
      * J.T. Conklin (jtc@cygnus.com): POSIXized test builtin; miscellaneous
	fixes/enhancements.
      * Sean Hogan (sean@neweast.ca): fixes for ICS 3.0 Unix, found and helped
	fix numerous problems.
      * Gordan Larson (hoh@approve.se): fix to compile sans VI, ksh.1 typo.
      * Thomas Gellekum (thomas@ghpc8.ihf.rwth-aachen.de): fixes for Makefile
	typos, fixed CLK_TCK for FreeBSD, man page fixes.
      * Ed Ferguson (Ed.Ferguson@dseg.ti.com): fix to compile sans VI.
      * Brian Campbell (brianc@qnx.com): fixes to compile under QNX and
	to compile with dmake.
      * (guy@netapp.com), Oct '94: patch to use gmacs flag.
      * Andrew Moore (alm@netcom.com): reported many bugs, fixes.
      * William Bader (wbader@CSEE.Lehigh.Edu): fix to compile on SCO Unix
	(strut winsize).
      * Mike Long (mike.long@analog.com): makefile fix - use $manext, not 1.
      * Art Mills (aem@hpbs9162.bio.hp.com): bug fix for vi file completion in
	command mode.
      * Tory Bollinger (tboll@authstin.ibm.com): allow ~ in vi mode to take
	a count.
      * Frank Edwards (<crash@azhrei.EEC.COM>): added macros to vi (@char).
      * Fritz Heinrichmeyer (<Fritz.Heinrichmeyer@FernUni-Hagen.de>): fixes
	to allow compile under Linux 1.4.3.
      * Gabor Zahemszky (<zgabor@CoDe.hu>): SVR3_PGRP vs SYSV_PGRP, many
	bug reports and man page fixes.
      * Dave Kinchlea (<kinch@julian.uwo.ca>): DEFAULT_ENV patches.
      * Paul Borman (<prb@bsdi.com>): j_exit: send HUP, then CONT; HUP fg process.
      * DaviD W. Sanderson (<dws@ssec.wisc.edu>): patches to allow { .. } instead
	of in .. esac in case statements.
      * ? (<ra@rhi.hi.is>): partial patches to handle SIGWINCH for command line
	editing.
      * Jason Tyler (<jason@nc.bhpese.oz.au>): fixes for bugs in fc.
      * Stefan Dalibor (<Stefan.Dalibor@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>): fix for
	COLUMNS never being set in x_init().
      * Arnon Kanfi (<arnon@gilly.datatools.com>): fix for prompt.
      * Marc Olzheim (<marcolz@stack.nl>): patches to ifdef KSH the mail check
	code and aliases; enum patches for old K&R compilers; handle missing dup2.
      * Lars Hecking (<lhecking@nmrc.ucc.ie>): fixes so shell compiles as sh
	again.
      * Bill Kish (<kish@browncow.com>): added prompt delimiter hack for
	hidden characters (eg, escape codes).
      * Andrew S. Townley (<atownley@informix.com>): fixes for NeXT machines:
	get a controlling if one needed, use correct profile.
      * Eric J. Chet (<ejc@bazzle.com>): fix for core dump in . (quitenv() called
	too soon).
      * Greg A. Woods <woods@most.weird.com>: fix to make ^[_ in emacs work
	as in at&t ksh.
      * George Robbins <grr@shandakor.tharsis.com>: fix for sh mode to
	keep exec'd file descriptors open.
      * George White <gwhite@bodnext.bio.dfo.ca>: fix here-doc problem under OS/2
	(memory allocated incorrectly).
      * David E. Wexelblat <dwex@DataFocus.com>: fix to avoid memory overrun
	in aresize(); fix to not print un-named options.
      * Clifford Wolf (<clifford@clifford.at>): fix memory overrun in aresize();
	fixed sys_siglist[] problem.
      * Theo de Raadt (<deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>): allow ". /dev/null".
      * Eric Youngdale (<ericy@datafocus.com>): flag field incorrectly changed
	in exec.c(flushcom).
      * Todd. C Miller (Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>): fix
	for coredump in jobs.
      * Kevin Schoedel <schoedel@kw.igs.net>: fix for word location in file
	completion.
      * Martin Lucina <mato@kotelna.sk>: fix for argument parsing in exit command,
	fix for KSH_CHECK_H_TYPE.
      * Mark Funkenhauser <mark@interix.com>: added $LINENO support.
      * Corinna Vinschen <Corinna@Vinschen.de> and Steven Hein <ssh@sgi.com>:
	port to cyngin environment on win95/winnt.
      * Martin Dalecki <dalecki@cs.net.pl>: changes for 8 bit emacs mode.
      * Dave Hillman <daveh@gte.net>: patch for bug in test -nt.