From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG  Wed Dec  9 11:29:23 2009
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
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 05D35106566C
	for <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>; Wed,  9 Dec 2009 11:29:23 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from des@des.no)
Received: from tim.des.no (tim.des.no [194.63.250.121])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD0138FC1C
	for <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>; Wed,  9 Dec 2009 11:29:22 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from ds4.des.no (des.no [84.49.246.2])
	by smtp.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8F806D41B;
	Wed,  9 Dec 2009 11:29:21 +0000 (UTC)
Received: by ds4.des.no (Postfix, from userid 1001)
	id C7AEF844E9; Wed,  9 Dec 2009 12:29:21 +0100 (CET)
From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To: gary.jennejohn@freenet.de
References: <86d42pjc1n.fsf@bifteki.lan>
	<20091209122532.2c55aa22@ernst.jennejohn.org>
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:29:21 +0100
In-Reply-To: <20091209122532.2c55aa22@ernst.jennejohn.org> (Gary Jennejohn's
	message of "Wed, 9 Dec 2009 12:25:32 +0100")
Message-ID: <86ws0w4c8e.fsf@ds4.des.no>
User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.95 (berkeley-unix)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Cc: Leonidas Tsampros <ltsampros@upnet.gr>, 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
	<freebsd-hackers.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers>,
	<mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:29:23 -0000

Gary Jennejohn <gary.jennejohn@freenet.de> writes:
> Leonidas Tsampros <ltsampros@upnet.gr> 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.

DES
--=20
Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no