Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 12:40:39 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: keeping termcap up to date Message-ID: <37E67FA7.3ACA0062@softweyr.com> References: <199909201558.AAA07459@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>
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Kazutaka YOKOTA wrote: > > I just wonder why don't we just import termcap database from > the master site: http://www.tuxedo.org/terminfo, rather than > maintaining our own copy? > > In the past, it has been pointed out that some of the termcap entries > needs updating. Some entries have been revised. But, it appears that > some others haven't, and we are now getting out of sync with the > latest version of the terminal database. > > The simplest and the easiest thing to do is to just import > the master copy from the above site... If we import it, we don't have much of an opportunity to QA it. Not that we do a lot of that anyhow. ;^) Given the copyright state, I certainly find no objections: # This file deliberately has no copyright. It belongs to no one and everyone. # If you claim you own it, you will merely succeed in looking like a fool. # Use it as you like. Use it at your own risk. Copy and redistribute freely. # There are no guarantees anywhere. Svaha! ;^) -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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