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Date:      Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:37:46 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@hergotha.csail.mit.edu>
To:        ed@80386.nl
Cc:        arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: tmux(1) in base
Message-ID:  <200909211237.n8LCbkxV017364@hergotha.csail.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20090921112657.GW95398@hoeg.nl>

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In article <20090921112657.GW95398@hoeg.nl>, Ed Schouten writes:

>At the DevSummit in Cambridge we briefly discussed including tmux(1) in
>the base system. We recently had window(1) there, but unfortunately
>window(1) was a very limited tool, compared to tools like screen(1) and
>tmux(1). Why tmux(1) and not screen(1)? Well, simple. The first has a
>better license and very active maintenance.

Can you explain why any such utility needs to be in the base system?
I'm not seeing it.  We have enough things in the base that most users
will never use as it is.

-GAWollman



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