From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 10 09:44:41 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 606F0106568B for ; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:44:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexander@leidinger.net) Received: from mail.ebusiness-leidinger.de (mail.ebusiness-leidinger.de [217.11.53.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF5628FC2E for ; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:44:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from outgoing.leidinger.net (pD954FCF1.dip.t-dialin.net [217.84.252.241]) by mail.ebusiness-leidinger.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EBD16844914; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:44:34 +0100 (CET) Received: from webmail.leidinger.net (webmail.leidinger.net [192.168.1.102]) by outgoing.leidinger.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CA732990EB; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:44:31 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=Leidinger.net; s=outgoing-alex; t=1260438271; bh=7PJX9Mf91s28x1YeNG5c81D+JUJZw4byZbJ2kjCm2QQ=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To: MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=hHBAFkJyvTuIf/UnHInu3znFL2pso8gOnfo7xGOQo/AC1cxHP8R6NLQCaTjvYFsdg 33SO8/7oZaV1Al3OsB4BfstFgSWMwCWvFoVfQM9MaqGzM6xgO+obBDKfn+dydRTEl3 tNlcvJUgwhVMlHlrlgPDrTJHOJrIh5yvrMjDsRkk4l8RlOlODJwWyU9juVIPtsOB9P 8l96NASXr1hYozBSXmv/JIaOZKnBcWn0xOnuQFSA7w4A924h6LZFM3kNzlhCLDXxNt UPuGJm+SDmDRVTm8oFLDJsPfoAj4wcKg9XiCHk9G6rGHWx7Yb3jY2L4Tt2QL0PSoUg KWWoW+kyJ4znA== Received: (from www@localhost) by webmail.leidinger.net (8.14.3/8.13.8/Submit) id nBA9iUmn032462; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:44:30 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from pslux.cec.eu.int (pslux.cec.eu.int [158.169.9.14]) by webmail.leidinger.net (Horde Framework) with HTTP; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:44:30 +0100 Message-ID: <20091210104430.1381356nnmx30okk@webmail.leidinger.net> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:44:30 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger To: gary.jennejohn@freenet.de, ed@FreeBSD.org References: <86d42pjc1n.fsf@bifteki.lan> <20091209122532.2c55aa22@ernst.jennejohn.org> <86ws0w4c8e.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20091209123246.22b9ecc3@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <20091209123246.22b9ecc3@ernst.jennejohn.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.3.5) / FreeBSD-8.0 X-EBL-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-EBL-MailScanner-ID: EBD16844914.26F5F X-EBL-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-EBL-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, spamhaus-ZEN, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-1.44, required 6, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44, DKIM_SIGNED 0.00, DKIM_VERIFIED -0.00) X-EBL-MailScanner-From: alexander@leidinger.net X-EBL-MailScanner-Watermark: 1261043076.02508@b5dHQRpdh6V5lLWI+HYBFQ X-EBL-Spam-Status: No X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:38:22 +0000 Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: old/unupdated xterm entries in termcap db X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:44:41 -0000 Quoting Gary Jennejohn (from Wed, 9 Dec 2009 12:32:46 +0100): > On Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:29:21 +0100 > Dag-Erling Sm__rgrav wrote: > >> Gary Jennejohn writes: >> > Leonidas Tsampros writes: >> > > Why aren't these entries updated in order to match the ones that >> > > ship with xterm? Am I missing something? >> > Probably because xterm is under ports and termcap under src and it >> > would not be easy to track changes in ports under src. >> > >> > The only practical way to keep termcap up to date would be for the >> > committer updating the port to also check and update termcap under src. >> > The problem with this is that most ports committers aren't authorized >> > to make commits under src. >> >> That's not an issue - termcaps don't change all that often. We should >> just import the new definitions. >> > > That's a practical attitude, but it begs the question why it hasn't > happened in the past. The practical attitude should be coordinated with ed@ (CCed), as he switched the console in 9-current to be an xterm, and AFAIR it does not support as much colors as the real xterm. Maybe there is a reason to not update it. Bye, Alexander. -- You can't depend on the man who made the mess to clean it up. -- Richard Nixon, 1952 http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137