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From: Cy Schubert <cy_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 18:31:33 UTC
The branch main has been updated by cy:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/?id=fd44857c89735005473ec7856d5525911bfc2b8b

commit fd44857c89735005473ec7856d5525911bfc2b8b
Author:     Cy Schubert <cy@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2023-03-23 14:31:59 +0000
Commit:     Cy Schubert <cy@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2023-03-23 18:31:07 +0000

    shells/ksh*: Update descriptions
    
    Update ksh ports descriptions to more accurately reflect what they are.
    
    Reported by:     "Joseph Holsten" <joseph@josephholsten.com>
---
 shells/ksh-devel/Makefile  |  3 ++-
 shells/ksh-devel/pkg-descr | 26 +++++++++++++++-----------
 shells/ksh/Makefile        |  2 +-
 shells/ksh/pkg-descr       | 26 +++++++++++++++-----------
 shells/ksh93/Makefile      |  4 ++--
 shells/ksh93/pkg-descr     | 14 +++++++-------
 6 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

diff --git a/shells/ksh-devel/Makefile b/shells/ksh-devel/Makefile
index e298cfb5a242..4936afe19d81 100644
--- a/shells/ksh-devel/Makefile
+++ b/shells/ksh-devel/Makefile
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	ksh
 PORTVERSION=	${AST_COMMIT_DATE}
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	shells
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	-devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	cy@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	Development branch of AT&T KornShell 93
+COMMENT=	ksh93u+m is the development branch ksh93 based on AT&T ksh93u+ (stable)
 WWW=		http://www.kornshell.com/
 
 LICENSE=	EPL
diff --git a/shells/ksh-devel/pkg-descr b/shells/ksh-devel/pkg-descr
index 9daad3daf523..d732cc4a29f0 100644
--- a/shells/ksh-devel/pkg-descr
+++ b/shells/ksh-devel/pkg-descr
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
-KSH-93 is the most recent version of the KornShell Language described
-in "The KornShell Command and Programming Language," by Morris
-Bolsky and David Korn of AT&T Bell Laboratories.  The KornShell is
-a shell programming language, which is upward compatible with "sh"
-(the Bourne Shell), and is intended to conform to the IEEE P1003.2/ISO
-9945.2 Shell and Utilities standard.  KSH-93 provides an enhanced
-programming environment in addition to the major command-entry
-features of the BSD shell "csh".  With KSH-93, medium-sized programming
-tasks can be performed at shell-level without a significant loss
-in performance.  In addition, "sh" scripts can be run on KSH-93
-without modification.
+ksh93u+m is the ksh93 reboot aims to develop bugfixes to the last
+stable release (93u+ 2012-08-01) of ksh93, formerly developed by
+AT&T Software Technology (AST). This ksh 93u+m reboot now incorporates
+many of these bugfixes, plus patches from OpenSUSE, Red Hat, and Solaris,
+as well as many new fixes from the community.
+
+Between 2017 and 2020 there was an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to
+breathe new life into the KornShell by extensively refactoring the last
+unstable AST beta version (93v-). While that ksh2020 effort is now
+abandoned and still has many critical bugs, it also had a lot of bugs
+fixed. More importantly, the AST issue tracker now contains a lot of
+documentation on how to fix those bugs, which made it possible to
+backport many of them to the last stable release instead.
+
+The shells/ksh-devel port tracks the develpment branch.
diff --git a/shells/ksh/Makefile b/shells/ksh/Makefile
index dd37fa96e3ca..8069330dcc2d 100644
--- a/shells/ksh/Makefile
+++ b/shells/ksh/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ PORTVERSION=	1.0.4
 CATEGORIES=	shells
 
 MAINTAINER=	cy@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	Development branch of AT&T KornShell 93
+COMMENT=	ksh93u+m is the renewed development of ksh93 based on AT&T ksh93u+m (stable)
 WWW=		http://www.kornshell.com/
 
 LICENSE=	EPL
diff --git a/shells/ksh/pkg-descr b/shells/ksh/pkg-descr
index 9daad3daf523..aeb680f71aab 100644
--- a/shells/ksh/pkg-descr
+++ b/shells/ksh/pkg-descr
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
-KSH-93 is the most recent version of the KornShell Language described
-in "The KornShell Command and Programming Language," by Morris
-Bolsky and David Korn of AT&T Bell Laboratories.  The KornShell is
-a shell programming language, which is upward compatible with "sh"
-(the Bourne Shell), and is intended to conform to the IEEE P1003.2/ISO
-9945.2 Shell and Utilities standard.  KSH-93 provides an enhanced
-programming environment in addition to the major command-entry
-features of the BSD shell "csh".  With KSH-93, medium-sized programming
-tasks can be performed at shell-level without a significant loss
-in performance.  In addition, "sh" scripts can be run on KSH-93
-without modification.
+ksh93u+m is the ksh93 reboot aims to develop bugfixes to the last
+stable release (93u+ 2012-08-01) of ksh93, formerly developed by
+AT&T Software Technology (AST). This ksh 93u+m reboot now incorporates
+many of these bugfixes, plus patches from OpenSUSE, Red Hat, and Solaris,
+as well as many new fixes from the community.
+
+Between 2017 and 2020 there was an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to
+breathe new life into the KornShell by extensively refactoring the last
+unstable AST beta version (93v-). While that ksh2020 effort is now
+abandoned and still has many critical bugs, it also had a lot of bugs
+fixed. More importantly, the AST issue tracker now contains a lot of
+documentation on how to fix those bugs, which made it possible to
+backport many of them to the last stable release instead.
+
+The shells/ksh port tracks releases.
diff --git a/shells/ksh93/Makefile b/shells/ksh93/Makefile
index 99f597269aee..58c4e51f88a2 100644
--- a/shells/ksh93/Makefile
+++ b/shells/ksh93/Makefile
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	ksh93
 DISTVERSION=	93u
-PORTREVISION=	2
+PORTREVISION=	3
 PORTEPOCH=	2
 CATEGORIES=	shells
 DIST_SUBDIR=	ksh93
 
 MAINTAINER=	cy@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	AT&T KornShell 93
+COMMENT=	AT&T KornShell ksh93u+ 2012-08-01 (stable) version
 WWW=		http://www.kornshell.com/
 
 LICENSE=	EPL
diff --git a/shells/ksh93/pkg-descr b/shells/ksh93/pkg-descr
index 9daad3daf523..8bb878750577 100644
--- a/shells/ksh93/pkg-descr
+++ b/shells/ksh93/pkg-descr
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-KSH-93 is the most recent version of the KornShell Language described
-in "The KornShell Command and Programming Language," by Morris
-Bolsky and David Korn of AT&T Bell Laboratories.  The KornShell is
-a shell programming language, which is upward compatible with "sh"
+ksh93u+ is the 2012-08-01 (stable) version of the KornShell Language
+described in "The KornShell Command and Programming Language," by
+Morris Bolsky and David Korn of AT&T Bell Laboratories.  The KornShell
+is a shell programming language, which is upward compatible with "sh"
 (the Bourne Shell), and is intended to conform to the IEEE P1003.2/ISO
-9945.2 Shell and Utilities standard.  KSH-93 provides an enhanced
+9945.2 Shell and Utilities standard.  ksh93u+ provides an enhanced
 programming environment in addition to the major command-entry
-features of the BSD shell "csh".  With KSH-93, medium-sized programming
+features of the BSD shell "csh".  With ksh93u+, medium-sized programming
 tasks can be performed at shell-level without a significant loss
-in performance.  In addition, "sh" scripts can be run on KSH-93
+in performance.  In addition, "sh" scripts can be run on ksh93u+
 without modification.