git: 2a50a9de8340 - main - terminfo: add terminfo database

[Rodney W. Grimes]

> 26 f?vr. 2021 23:57:25 Rodney W. Grimes <freebsd at gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>:
> 
> >>
> >> 26 f?vr. 2021 22:41:37 Enji Cooper <yaneurabeya at gmail.com>:
> >>
> >>>
> >>>> On Feb 25, 2021, at 5:27 AM, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> The branch main has been updated by bapt:
> >>>>
> >>>> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=2a50a9de8340f08bd876e9e5993332ae14376f80
> >>>>
> >>>> commit 2a50a9de8340f08bd876e9e5993332ae14376f80
> >>>> Author:???? Baptiste Daroussin <bapt at FreeBSD.org>
> >>>> AuthorDate: 2021-02-23 16:17:32 +0000
> >>>> Commit:???? Baptiste Daroussin <bapt at FreeBSD.org>
> >>>> CommitDate: 2021-02-25 13:25:32 +0000
> >>>>
> >>>> ?? terminfo: add terminfo database
> >>>>
> >>>> ?? Tested by:????? manu, jbeich
> >>>
> >>> Hi Baptiste,
> >>> ? A question and a comment:
> >>> ? 1. Was this reviewed in Phabricator?
> >>> ? 2. The details on why the terminfo database is being added are a bit lean too to non-Unix users. It would be nice if the motivation for the change was documented in the commit message.
> >>> Thanks!
> >>> -Enji
> >>
> >> No it was not reviewed in phabricator as it does not really bring any code, but it was discussed on the mailing lists with a heads up on the plan and the motivation, and all the reaction were in favor of this change.
> >
> > On what mailing list as I do not recall such a thread, which means I probably need to add yet another list.?
> >
> >> Note thay while it could have been better written this commit is the third of a serie, where the first one explain a bit more things.
> >>
> >> Bapt
> >
> > --
> > Rod Grimes???????????????????????????????????????????????? rgrimes at freebsd.org
> 
> https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2020-May/076051.html

A discssion indeed, which I even participated in, but it DID not in anyway
discuss the impact, it didnt even imply there would be any change to
base system behavior, and that should always be discussed before such
visible UI behavior changes occur.

I can promise you there well be feedback, probably in both directions
from the userbase on this "yet another default behavior change."

My understanding is that those who have been using the port of terminfo
have being doing so for some time, and it does not alter the base
system behavior when installed, I expected that this was what you
had proposed to do, basically eliminate the port and provide the
functionality that it does in the base system without altering
the base system behavior.

-- 
Rod Grimes                                                 rgrimes at freebsd.org