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



On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 05:50:42PM +0000, Paul LeoNerd Evans wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 07:38:15PM -0500, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> OK, so what is the overall upshot here?
> 
> I'd quite like to play around with the VT4xx column-based features
> (DECSLRM, DECIC, DECDC) at least, and perhaps some of the other newer
> features as well.
> 
> Is an updated version in debian likely soon, or would I be best to fetch
> sources and build an updated version locally myself?

That's a question for the package maintainer (who seems to be absent).

I routinely build my own programs, of course...

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