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$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.