Todd Vierling wrote:

> On Wed, 5 May 1999, Simon Burge wrote:
> 
> : > #  Is there a reason that we've got ncurses 1.9.9g in pkgsrc and
> : > #  not ncurses 4.2?  If the answer is "no one's got around to it",
> : > #  I'll start.  If there's any other reasons, speak up!
> : > 
> : > I think someone had lisc. fears about it..  But if your going to be sticking
> : > your head into ncurses.. can I beg you to libtool the build?
> : 
> : Off the top of my head the licencing for 4.2 is _much_ better than for
> : 1.9.9.
> 
> ...and if no one really objects, I already have a pkg for ncurses 4.2 that
> can be retested (it's rather dusty ;) and committed.  `Any objections?'

Not from me :-)

> : As far as libtool - I've managed to hide from it so far.  Is there a 30
> : second primer around anywhere?
> 
> sigh.
> 
> I don't even know how much doc is out there.  I know some is in Packages.txt
> ... I really should document it better.

Well, if you're gonna do the ncurses 4.2 package, the immediate need is
relaxed somewhat...  Hmm, I just looked at Packages.txt and it would
seem to be what I was looking for anyways!

Simon.