Package: release-notes Tags: wheezy On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 04:03:30 +0100, Axel Beckert wrote:
> Hi Release-Team, > > I wanted to make you aware of an issue with screen which will very > likely be present when dist-upgrading from Squeeze to Wheezy inside a > Screen session: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=644788 > > If upstream doesn't add some option to let a screen 4.1.0 client > communicate with a screen 4.0.3 server, it won't be possible to > reattach to a running 4.0.3 screen session if screen has been upgraded > to 4.1.0 already. > > I still have some hope, but if there's really no chance, this is IMHO > definitely something which should go into the release notes. > > Possible suggestions for the release notes: Use tmux instead of screen > for the dist-upgrade. Not really a laudable note for screen, but I > have currently no better idea. > > And even if upstream adds some backward compatibility command-line > option, this option should be mentioned in the Release Notes anyway > > Anyway, I'll let you know when I uploaded a screen 4.1.0 package to > unstable and which options we have then. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
