From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mathieu Lirzin Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: rxvt-unicode: Add the terminal capability data. Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2015 15:12:47 +0100 Message-ID: <87egevd82o.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87fuzcsvt1.fsf@gnu.org> <20151209032415.GB11350@jasmine> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47137) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a6fUG-0006EL-EW for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2015 09:13:01 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a6fUA-0007Mx-Pl for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2015 09:12:56 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20151209032415.GB11350@jasmine> (Leo Famulari's message of "Tue, 8 Dec 2015 22:24:15 -0500") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Leo Famulari Cc: guix-devel Leo Famulari 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 >> 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. -- Mathieu Lirzin