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

[Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org>]

ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:

> Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org> skribis:
[...]
>> +    (native-search-paths
>> +     (list (search-path-specification
>> +            (variable "TERMINFO_DIRS")
>> +            (files '("share/terminfo")))))
>
> This should be in the ncurses package itself, since it is “owned” by
> ncurses, not rxvt.
>
> However, there’s the limitation that, currently, --search-paths
> advertises the variables of things that are explicitly in the profile.
> Ncurses is usually not in the profile; it is a dependency of something
> that is in the profile.  Thus, people wouldn’t see anything about
> TERMINFO_DIRS in practice (we have the same problem with OpenSSL,
> GStreamer, and other librairies that have associated variables.)
>
> Long story short, I would avoid adding this ‘native-search-paths’ here,
> but I’m OK with it since that would make the thing usable, provided
> there’s a big FIXME in there.
>
> WDYT?

It makes sense.  Since it is quite complicated, what about creating a
bug report explaining the problem and make the comment refer to it like
this:

  ;; FIXME: This is not located in `ncurses' for usability reasons.  See
  ;; https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=XXXXX

WDYT?  Can you take care of creating the bug report or propose an
appropriate FIXME comment?  I don't feel up to explaining this myself.

Thanks,

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Mathieu Lirzin