Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:03:42 +0100 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, Garrett Wollman <wollman@bimajority.org>, Ronald Klop <ronald-freebsd8@klop.yi.org>, svn-src-head@freebsd.org, Christoph Mallon <christoph.mallon@gmx.de> Subject: Re: svn commit: r200369 - in head: etc share/termcap Message-ID: <86pr6jjd29.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <4B23F090.10207@FreeBSD.org> (Doug Barton's message of "Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:35:44 -0800") References: <200912102225.nBAMPrZx076758@svn.freebsd.org> <ygek4wtgyp4.wl%ume@mahoroba.org> <19235.10488.325168.267306@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> <4B232E39.4000305@FreeBSD.org> <4B236147.7030603@gmx.de> <4B236403.2080408@FreeBSD.org> <op.u4trv3jn8527sy@82-170-177-25.ip.telfort.nl> <4B23F090.10207@FreeBSD.org>
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Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> writes: > To be clear, I am NOT asking for a backout ... IIRC in the thread that > discussed this issue there were quite a few people who thought that > FreeBSD not clearing the screen was a POLA violation since that's what > linux does, and it's what most people are used to. It's not "what Linux does", it's what xterm does. Xterm did not originate with Linux; in fact, it predates Linux by about ten years. FreeBSD's xterm entry was deliberately crippled to lie about xterm's capabilities. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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