From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Apr 27 04:21:39 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id EAA07934 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 27 Apr 1995 04:21:39 -0700 Received: from sovcom.kiae.su (sovcom.kiae.su [144.206.136.1]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id EAA07919 for ; Thu, 27 Apr 1995 04:21:25 -0700 Received: by sovcom.kiae.su id AA15799 (5.65.kiae-2 ); Thu, 27 Apr 1995 15:10:26 +0400 Received: by sovcom.KIAE.su (UUMAIL/2.0); Thu, 27 Apr 95 15:10:25 +0300 Received: (from ache@localhost) by astral.msk.su (8.6.8/8.6.6) id OAA00522; Thu, 27 Apr 1995 14:53:11 +0400 To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org References: <456.798959364@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: <456.798959364@time.cdrom.com>; from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Wed, 26 Apr 1995 22:09:24 -0700 Message-Id: Organization: Olahm Ha-Yetzirah Date: Thu, 27 Apr 1995 14:53:10 +0400 X-Mailer: Mail/@ [v2.32 FreeBSD] From: "Andrey A. Chernov, Black Mage" X-Class: Fast Subject: Re: ncurses 1.9.0 released Lines: 20 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 943 Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In message <456.798959364@time.cdrom.com> Jordan K. Hubbard writes: >So, when do we simply transition over ourselvse? :-) >I've been thinking for awhile that having two curses libraries is >somewhat bogus. Given that ncurses now has a `fallback mode' for >/etc/termcap, I don't see that we have much left to wait for. As soon >as 1.9.0 makes it into the tree, I'll try some experiements with >replacing curses entirely with it and see how it works. 1) I plan to integrate 1.9.0 in nearest time, is it good to do it before release? 2) When BSD curses author says that he drops his work to trashcan, it is the reason to switch to another curses. -- Andrey A. Chernov : And I rest so composedly, /Now, in my bed, ache@astral.msk.su : That any beholder /Might fancy me dead - FidoNet: 2:5020/230.3 : Might start at beholding me, /Thinking me dead. RELCOM Team,FreeBSD Team : E.A.Poe From "For Annie" 1849