Re: Bug#2835: screen should write to terminfo

[Bill Mitchell <mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com>]

Raul Miller <rdm@tad.micro.umn.edu> said:

> Guy Maor:
>  > The new base should rm /etc/termcap.  That file should only be in a
>  > 1.1 system if it has the termcap compatibility library installed.
[...]
> Removing /etc/termcap is not a good thing for the base.  Some people
> might need it, for some people it might contain significant work.
[...]
> We can't do everything for people, and trimming the system down to
> size is one of the things we should only enable -- never institute in
> a blanket fashion.

As I understand it, the purpose of the base system is to provide the
capability to install packages.  I don't think it should contain
/etc/termcap if /etc/termcap is not needed to install packages.

There is the question, though, of whether or not the package containing
the termcap compatability library should be selected or deselected by
default for installation by dselect.  IMHO, it should be deselected
by default unless good reason can be shown why it's widely needed.

My $.02 worth.