From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 10 02:38:54 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11E9F16A41A; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 02:38:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rivers@dignus.com) Received: from dignus.com (client196-2.dsl.intrex.net [209.42.196.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79F1243D72; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 02:38:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rivers@dignus.com) Received: from lakes.dignus.com (lakes.dignus.com [10.1.0.3]) by dignus.com (8.13.1/8.12.9) with ESMTP id k5A2Wl52097110; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 22:32:47 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from rivers@dignus.com) Received: (from rivers@localhost) by lakes.dignus.com (8.11.6/8.11.3) id k5A2f7556191; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 22:41:07 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from rivers) Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 22:41:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas David Rivers Message-Id: <200606100241.k5A2f7556191@lakes.dignus.com> To: current@freebsd.org, grafan@gmail.com, stable@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <6eb82e0606091906j7d9f69aarcf1f9738c7565677@mail.gmail.com> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.0.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.1 (2004-10-22) on office.dignus.com X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 02:51:31 +0000 Cc: peter@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Updating ncurses in base X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 02:38:54 -0000 Unfortunately, I won't be able to test the newer curses anytime soon... But - I did report some years ago that c3270 doesn't build with the current ncurses because of a name clash. If someone gets a chance, it might be a good idea to test that port with the newer ncurses. - Thanks - - Dave Rivers - > Hi, > > [I'm also CC'ed peter@ since he is the maintainer of ncurses in base] > > As you may know, the current ncurses in the base system is rather old > (it is 4 years old). I have been working on updating ncurses to the latest > version 5.5 and enable wide character as default. I have put the description, > goal, issues, current status, and tarball for test at the following URL: