Re: tmux(1) in base

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 01:26:57PM +0200, Ed Schouten wrote:
> 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?
> 

I've used FreeBSD since it was known as 386bsd+patchkit.  In that
time, I've used window/screen exactly zero times.  IMHO, neither
screen nor tmux should be in the base system.  These are easily
installed from the Ports Collection. 

-- 
Steve