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Date:      Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:50:31 +0200
From:      Joel Dahl <joel@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl>
Cc:        arch@FreeBSD.org, current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: tmux(1) in base
Message-ID:  <4AB792B7.10206@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20090921112657.GW95398@hoeg.nl>
References:  <20090921112657.GW95398@hoeg.nl>

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Ed Schouten skrev:
> Hi all,
> 
> At the DevSummit in Cambridge we briefly discussed including tmux(1) in
> the base system. We recently had window(1) there, but unfortunately
> window(1) was a very limited tool, compared to tools like screen(1) and
> tmux(1). Why tmux(1) and not screen(1)? Well, simple. The first has a
> better license and very active maintenance.
> 
> I was talking with the author on IRC the other day and it seemed like I
> spoke with him at a fortunate moment, because he was just about to
> release version 1.0. I think it would be nice to import this into HEAD,
> which means FreeBSD 9.0 (maybe 8.1?) will include it by default.
> 
> How to test tmux in base:
> 
> - Download this tarball and extract it to contrib/tmux:
>   http://downloads.sourceforge.net/tmux/tmux-1.0.tar.gz
> - Apply the following patch:
>   http://80386.nl/pub/tmux.diff
> 
> Comments?

Yes, please!

Screen has almost always been the first thing I install on new machines, but 
recently I've been switching more and more machines over to tmux instead. 
Having it in base would be a great addition.

-- 
Joel



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