Subject: Re: ncurses and terminfo
To: J.T. Conklin <jconklin@netcom.com>
From: Jason Downs <downsj@teeny.org>
List: current-users
Date: 04/02/1996 07:52:06
In message <199604020121.RAA17420@netcom23.netcom.com>,
	J.T. Conklin writes:
>> There was talk of doing it right before 1.1 came out and is was decided,
>> I thought, that it would be done immediately after 1.1 since no one
>> wanted to introduce that large of a change at such a late date in the
>> release cycle.
>
>That was the plan, but IMO ncurses still isn't in good enough shape to
>integrate into NetBSD.  I am tracking ncurses development, submitting
>patches, etc.  It's getting better, and I plan on integrating it as 
>soon as I feel it's "ready".

ncurses is literally *filled* with messy code, and it's straight ANSI C.

Going to ncurses would be more of a retreat for NetBSD then a move
forward.

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