Re: Questions about spec

[Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>]

> >ncurses we cant really do yet because the C++ compiler ABI isnt solid
> >until gcc 3.0
> 
> eh? What has a library written in C to do with the C++ compiler ABI?

ncurses has a C++ library interface too

> >	termcap
> 
> termcap is not maintained upstream, and should be deprecated in favor of
> ncurses (whether that's terminfo in -lcurses or the optional separate
> -ltinfo).
> Debian policy forbids termcap, and we'd rather not be forced into providing
> libc6 runtime for it.

I have no major problem with that

Alan