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Cc: Leonidas Tsampros <ltsampros@upnet.gr>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: old/unupdated xterm entries in termcap db
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Gary Jennejohn <gary.jennejohn@freenet.de> writes:
> Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav <des@des.no> writes:
> > 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.

Because what was there worked well enough for most people...

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