Leo Famulari <l...@famulari.name> writes: > On Tue, Dec 08, 2015 at 06:18:50PM +0100, Mathieu Lirzin wrote: >> From 00d45cdc47bd0d031d0870155e24fa814dad4833 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 >> From: Mathieu Lirzin <m...@gnu.org> >> Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2015 21:58:03 +0100 >> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: rxvt-unicode: Add the terminal capability data. >> >> This adds the necessary terminal capability data which are not provided >> by Ncurses due to a personal conflict between the respective >> maintainers. See >> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2009-10/msg00031.html. >> >> * gnu/packages/xdisorg.scm (rxvt-unicode)[native-inputs]: Add ncurses. >> [arguments]: Set the destination of the terminfo files. [...] > I think it's best not to describe the issue in these terms in the > codebase. I don't know the situation, but if it is as you say, I think > it will never get better as things like this "cement" the conflict in > source code. Also, ncurses seems to be capitalized only at the beginning > of a sentence. How about this: > > This sets the destination when installing the necessary terminal > capability data, which are not provided by ncurses. See > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2009-10/msg00031.html
I will use this. Thanks for your suggestion. -- Mathieu Lirzin