On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 10:44 PM, Jostein Berntsen <jber...@broadpark.no> wrote: > On 31.07.12,16:56, Carsten Mattner wrote: >> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Brian Kroth <bpkr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Carsten Mattner <carstenmatt...@gmail.com> 2012-07-21 14:52: >> > >> >> I've been using screen for many years and it has been almost >> >> 4 years since the last official release. >> >> >> >> Are there any plans for a new release? >> >> Or should I just use screen from the master branch to get >> >> a recent version? >> > >> > >> > I completely agree with the sentiment. I think it's (perhaps artificially) >> > holding up inclusion in the major linux distros of a modern screen, which >> > really has some nice new features to offer. >> >> This sounds kind of similar to users preferring zsh over bash just >> because Apple bundles an ancient (differently licensed?) bash with OSX. >> >> I did try tmux but it just doesn't work as well as screen for me. It >> seems slower when listing many many lines of text and I also miss the >> key chaining behavior of screen. The difference in key chaining is a >> design choice as far as I was told and you have to redefine all the >> quick key chains you use explicitly. >> >> > Debian's experimental branch at least has a git based package now, adapted >> > from a recent fedora package, which, from a quick glance, is the only major >> > distro out there to have one. >> >> Seen that, but don't use Debian. What's holding up a release? >> >> FWIW I haven't reported this to Fedora's bug tracker but their copy of >> screen has a bug somewhere which segfaults if you have "maxwin 9" or >> "maxwin 4" in .screenrc. That doesn't happen on any other distro. >> >> What can we do to get a stable release out there? >> > > Any news on this one? :)
The current git master is solid enough for a new release and it sure will be better than no release in so many years. As I said screen is still way better suited for many users including me and tmux is not a suitable replacement. Distros using random git master revisions should be reason enough to make a new release. Is there nobody who can cut a release and should we appoint someone to handle releases? _______________________________________________ screen-users mailing list screen-users@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/screen-users
