CONTRIBUTORS
1$OpenBSD: CONTRIBUTORS,v 1.11 2019/01/25 00:19:25 millert Exp $
2
3This is a partial history of this shell gleened from old change logs and
4readmes (most of which are still in the misc directory) and the source
5code. Hopefully it is correct and no contributors have been left out
6(file a bug report if you spot a problem :-)).
7
8Release history:
9 * Eric Gisin (egisin@math.uwaterloo.ca), created pdksh, using
10 Charles Forsyth's public domain V7 shell as a base; also used parts
11 of the BRL shell (written by Doug A Gwyn, Doug Kingston, Ron Natalie,
12 Arnold Robbins, Lou Salkind, and others?, circa '87; the parts used in
13 pdksh included getopts, test builtin, ulimit, tty setting/getting, emacs
14 editing, and job control; the test builtin was based on code by Erik
15 Baalbergen).
16 '87..'89 ?
17 Released versions: .. 3.2
18 * John R MacMillan (@yonge.csri.toronto.edu:chance!john@sq.sq.com)
19 takes over as maintainer
20 dates?
21 Released versions: 3.3 (?)
22 * Simon J. Gerraty (sjg@zen.void.oz.au) takes over as maintainer
23 Nov '91..July '94 ?
24 Released versions: 4.0 .. 4.9
25 * Michael Rendell (michael@cs.mun.ca) takes over as maintainer
26 July, 1994
27 Released versions: 5.0 .. 5.2
28
29Major contributions:
30 * John R MacMillan (@yonge.csri.toronto.edu:chance!john@sq.sq.com), ?:
31 cleaned up configuration, many bug fixes (see misc/Changes.jrm).
32 * Simon Gerraty, (sjg@zen.void.oz.au), Nov '91..?: much improved emacs mode
33 ala at&t ksh, 386bsd port, sigaction routines for non-POSIX systems
34 (see misc/ChangeLog.sjg and misc/ReadME.sjg).
35 * Peter Collinson (pc@hillside.co.uk), July '92: added select, at&t ksh
36 style history file, original csh-style {} globbing, BSD/386 port,
37 misc bug fixes.
38 * Larry Bouzane (larry@compusult.nf.ca), Mar '89..'93: re-wrote job control,
39 added async job notification, added CDPATH and other cd fixes, misc bug
40 fixes.
41 * John Rochester (jr@cs.mun.ca), '87: wrote vi command line editor; various
42 bug fixes/enhancements.
43 * Jeff Sparkes (jsparkes@bnr.ca), Mar '89..Mar '90: added arrays,
44 merged John Rochester's vi code into pdksh, misc bug fixes.
45 * Michael Haardt (u31b3hs@POOL.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE), Sept '94:
46 organized man page, filled in many of its copious blank spots; added
47 KSH ifdefs.
48 * Dale DePriest (daled@cadence.com): ported to OS/2 (initially based on
49 port of pdksh4.9 to OS/2 by Kai Rommel (rommel@ars.muc.de)); maintains
50 OS/2 port; misc bug fixes.
51
52Other contributors:
53 * Piercarlo Grandi (pcg@aber.ac.uk), Dec '93: fixes for linux port
54 * Neil Smithline (Neil.Smithline@eng.sun.com), Aug '92: emacs-style
55 filename completion.
56 * Mike Jetzer [mlj] (jetzer@studsys.mscs.mu.edu), ?;Nov '94: fixes for vi
57 mode (see misc/Changes.mlj), added v to vi, fixes for history; fixed
58 command redoing in vi; fixes to vi globbing.
59 * Robert J Gibson: mailbox checking code that was adapted for pdksh by
60 John R. MacMillan.
61 * ? (guy@demon.co.uk), ?: promptlen() function.
62 * J.T. Conklin (jtc@cygnus.com): POSIXized test builtin; miscellaneous
63 fixes/enhancements.
64 * Sean Hogan (sean@neweast.ca): fixes for ICS 3.0 Unix, found and helped
65 fix numerous problems.
66 * Gordan Larson (hoh@approve.se): fix to compile sans VI, ksh.1 typo.
67 * Thomas Gellekum (thomas@ghpc8.ihf.rwth-aachen.de): fixes for Makefile
68 typos, fixed CLK_TCK for FreeBSD, man page fixes.
69 * Ed Ferguson (Ed.Ferguson@dseg.ti.com): fix to compile sans VI.
70 * Brian Campbell (brianc@qnx.com): fixes to compile under QNX and
71 to compile with dmake.
72 * (guy@netapp.com), Oct '94: patch to use gmacs flag.
73 * Andrew Moore (alm@netcom.com): reported many bugs, fixes.
74 * William Bader (wbader@CSEE.Lehigh.Edu): fix to compile on SCO Unix
75 (struct winsize).
76 * Mike Long (mike.long@analog.com): makefile fix - use $manext, not 1.
77 * Art Mills (aem@hpbs9162.bio.hp.com): bug fix for vi file completion in
78 command mode.
79 * Tory Bollinger (tboll@authstin.ibm.com): allow ~ in vi mode to take
80 a count.
81 * Frank Edwards (<crash@azhrei.EEC.COM>): added macros to vi (@char).
82 * Fritz Heinrichmeyer (<Fritz.Heinrichmeyer@FernUni-Hagen.de>): fixes
83 to allow compile under Linux 1.4.3.
84 * Gabor Zahemszky (<zgabor@CoDe.hu>): SVR3_PGRP vs SYSV_PGRP, many
85 bug reports and man page fixes.
86 * Dave Kinchlea (<kinch@julian.uwo.ca>): DEFAULT_ENV patches.
87 * Paul Borman (<prb@bsdi.com>): j_exit: send HUP, then CONT; HUP fg process.
88 * DaviD W. Sanderson (<dws@ssec.wisc.edu>): patches to allow { .. } instead
89 of in .. esac in case statements.
90 * ? (<ra@rhi.hi.is>): partial patches to handle SIGWINCH for command line
91 editing.
92 * Jason Tyler (<jason@nc.bhpese.oz.au>): fixes for bugs in fc.
93 * Stefan Dalibor (<Stefan.Dalibor@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>): fix for
94 COLUMNS never being set in x_init().
95 * Arnon Kanfi (<arnon@gilly.datatools.com>): fix for prompt.
96 * Marc Olzheim (<marcolz@stack.nl>): patches to ifdef KSH the mail check
97 code and aliases; enum patches for old K&R compilers; handle missing dup2.
98 * Lars Hecking (<lhecking@nmrc.ucc.ie>): fixes so shell compiles as sh
99 again.
100 * Bill Kish (<kish@browncow.com>): added prompt delimiter hack for
101 hidden characters (eg, escape codes).
102 * Andrew S. Townley (<atownley@informix.com>): fixes for NeXT machines:
103 get a controlling if one needed, use correct profile.
104 * Eric J. Chet (<ejc@bazzle.com>): fix for core dump in . (quitenv() called
105 too soon).
106 * Greg A. Woods <woods@most.weird.com>: fix to make ^[_ in emacs work
107 as in at&t ksh.
108 * George Robbins <grr@shandakor.tharsis.com>: fix for sh mode to
109 keep exec'd file descriptors open.
110 * George White <gwhite@bodnext.bio.dfo.ca>: fix here-doc problem under OS/2
111 (memory allocated incorrectly).
112 * David E. Wexelblat <dwex@DataFocus.com>: fix to avoid memory overrun
113 in aresize(); fix to not print un-named options.
114 * Clifford Wolf (<clifford@clifford.at>): fix memory overrun in aresize();
115 fixed sys_siglist[] problem.
116 * Theo de Raadt (<deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>): allow ". /dev/null".
117 * Eric Youngdale (<ericy@datafocus.com>): flag field incorrectly changed
118 in exec.c(flushcom).
119 * Todd. C Miller (Todd C. Miller <millert@openbsd.org>): fix
120 for coredump in jobs.
121 * Kevin Schoedel <schoedel@kw.igs.net>: fix for word location in file
122 completion.
123 * Martin Lucina <mato@kotelna.sk>: fix for argument parsing in exit command,
124 fix for KSH_CHECK_H_TYPE.
125 * Mark Funkenhauser <mark@interix.com>: added $LINENO support.
126 * Corinna Vinschen <Corinna@Vinschen.de> and Steven Hein <ssh@sgi.com>:
127 port to cyngin environment on win95/winnt.
128 * Martin Dalecki <dalecki@cs.net.pl>: changes for 8 bit emacs mode.
129 * Dave Hillman <daveh@gte.net>: patch for bug in test -nt.
