On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Brian Kroth <bpkr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Axel Beckert <a...@deuxchevaux.org> 2012-07-31 16:45: > >> Hi, >> >> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 08:43:25AM -0500, Brian Kroth wrote: >>> >>> Debian's experimental branch at least has a git based package now, >> >> >> It's in Debian Unstable for about 1.5 months now and in Debian Testing >> for about three weeks. :-) >> >>> from a quick glance, is the only major distro out there to have one. >> >> >> Ubuntu will likely adopt the package from Debian, but maybe not for >> their upcoming 12.10 release anymore. >> >> Thanks to Julien Cristau there is now a patch for the 4.0.3 >> interoperability issue: >> >> >> http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=collab-maint/screen.git;a=commitdiff;h=8700b331b4071c8158be4d6891cb7909859165a9 >> >> It looks fine after some initial testing and I'll soon upload a >> package to Debian Unstable including this patch. The package will >> likely make it in the next Debian Stable release. >> >> While testing that patch, I though noticed a few unexpected things >> with regards to locking screen which also happen without the patch. >> More details later though as I'm currently busy with other things. > > > That's great news! The upgrade interoperability issue was holding me up > from pushing that everywhere as well. I will definitely test that out later > in August once I have a chance. > > We have hundreds of machines that we use screen on, so for ease of > maintenance purposes we tend to roll with whatever the distro has in their > package system, rather than either trying to maintain our own package or > keeping a git copy around everywhere. For me, that's the main reason in > wanting a "stable" release. I know at least some, if not many, others are > in a similar boat. So yes, in that sense, it is a little like the OS X > issue someone described earlier. > > Anyways, thanks a lot, > Brian > > _______________________________________________ > screen-users mailing list > screen-users@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/screen-users >
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