Bug#683838: release-notes: transition: pdksh → mksh

[Vincent McIntyre <vincent.mcintyre@csiro.au>]

may I suggest a couple of copy-edits to your original:

On Sat, Apr 06, 2013 at 02:36:20AM +0200, Joost van Baal-Ilić wrote:
> 
> I propose this text instead:
> 
> -----------
> 
> <section id="mksh">
>   <title>Pdksh to mksh transition</title>
>   <para>
>     The Public Domain Korn Shell (<systemitem role="package">pdksh</systemitem>)
>     package is being retired for the release after &releasename;, since
-     <command>pdksh</command> is no longer maintained (it has last seen active
-     development in 1999).
+     <command>pdksh</command> is no longer maintained (it has not been
+     actively developed since 1999).
>   </para>
>   <para>
>     The MirBSD Korn Shell (<systemitem role="package">mksh</systemitem>)
>     package contains its successor; it has evolved from the Public Domain Korn Shell
>     and has been kept up to date with the POSIX standard on the shell.
>     In &debian; &releasename;,
>     <systemitem role="package">pdksh</systemitem> is a transitional package
>     using a variant of <systemitem role="package">mksh</systemitem> built with
>     special compatibility options to provide a <command>pdksh</command> binary
-     symlink.  This compatibility binary behaves a bit more like the traditional
-     Public Domain Korn Shell then current <command>mksh</command>, it however
-     contains bugfixes so differs a bit.  Therefore, it is not a pure drop-in
+     symlink.  This compatibility binary behaves more like the traditional
+     Public Domain Korn Shell than the current <command>mksh</command>. However
+     as it contains behaviour-changing bugfixes it is not a pure drop-in
>     replacement, and you'll have to check your Korn Shell scripts before running
>     them with current <command>pdksh</command> (or <command>mksh</command>).
> </para>
> <para>
>     The compatibility binary is not suitable for interactive
>     use, so as system administrator, adjust the login shell of your Korn Shell
>     users.  For minimal service interruption, do this before the upgrade of
>     the O.S: manually install the <systemitem role="package">mksh</systemitem>
>     package and change the login and/or interactive shells of users that use
>     <command>pdksh</command> to <command>mksh</command>.  Furthermore, in order
>     to continue functionality like tab completion, copy
>     <filename>/etc/skel/.mkshrc</filename> into their home directories.
> </para>
> 

Thanks for your work on the release notes.
Kind regards,
Vince
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