Re: [PATCH] gnu: rxvt-unicode: Add the terminal capability data.

[Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org>]

Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> writes:

> On Tue, Dec 08, 2015 at 06:18:50PM +0100, Mathieu Lirzin wrote:
>> From 00d45cdc47bd0d031d0870155e24fa814dad4833 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org>
>> Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2015 21:58:03 +0100
>> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: rxvt-unicode: Add the terminal capability data.
>> 
>> This adds the necessary terminal capability data which are not provided
>> by Ncurses due to a personal conflict between the respective
>> maintainers.  See
>> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2009-10/msg00031.html.
>> 
>> * gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm (rxvt-unicode)[native-inputs]: Add ncurses.
>> [arguments]: Set the destination of the terminfo files.
[...]
> I think it's best not to describe the issue in these terms in the
> codebase. I don't know the situation, but if it is as you say, I think
> it will never get better as things like this "cement" the conflict in
> source code. Also, ncurses seems to be capitalized only at the beginning
> of a sentence. How about this:
>
> This sets the destination when installing the necessary terminal
> capability data, which are not provided by ncurses. See
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2009-10/msg00031.html

I will use this.

Thanks for your suggestion.

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Mathieu Lirzin