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Bug#694375: xterm: Please update to a later upstream version



On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 09:04:07PM +0000, Paul Evans wrote:
> Package: xterm
> Version: 278-2
> Severity: normal
> 
> (re-submission in case the previous did not make it)
> 
> Current version in debian is still 278; this is rather old by now. There
> are several updates in later versions that I would like to make use of.
> Ideally at least version 282 would be lovely.

There are several features and fixes.  I released #279 a few weeks before
the current freeze began; however it was fairly large, and according to
the package maintainer beyond his ability to inspect it.  Direct access
to my source archives would not change that assessment, however I've long
been cooperative about digesting changes to assist packagers in applying
specific changes.

Notwithstanding that problem, there are a few fixes which the package
maintainer should have noted.  The freeze began June 30, according to

	http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2012/13/#freeze

    Patch #280 - 2012/06/24
     * add   null-pointer   checks   to  input-method  caching  added  in
       [313]patch  #277  to  fix  a  problem  in  the exposure code, when
       deselecting a window (report by Kriston Rehberg).

       (the packager applied a _part_ of this - I noted in #685458 that its
       change did not address the report which I received, and my followup
       with a patch was ignored)

    Patch #279 - 2012/05/10
     * amend fix for Debian #650291 in [314]patch #277 changes to account
       for different data returned by vnc4server (Debian #670638).
     * correct  macro  definition used for testing modes used in ANSI/DEC
       request-mode controls introduced in [316]patch #262.
     * add  a  null-pointer  check  in OkPasswd macro to fix a problem in
       resize with Fedora 17 and a serial console (report/patch by Daniel
       Drake).

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Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
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