First GNU Screen release in six years

jeremy · 04-30-2014, 10:26 AM

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I'm announcing availability of GNU Screen v.4.2.1

Few days ago I released v.4.2.0 on screen-devel, this release was status quo of current repository at that time. Almost immediately after that I started applying patches from distributions and fixing some bugs.

So after doing first release of screen in years it's time for bugfix release.

First of all fixed allowed length of $TERM (rxvt-unicode-256color
users will mainly notice)
Another fix allows for longer logins.
Fixed few bugs
Applied some patches which were used by various distrbutions

All in all around 40 commits.

Official Announcement...

Are LQ members still using screen, or have most of them moved on to tmux?

--jeremy

mjolnir · 04-30-2014, 11:31 AM

I use tmux on an Ubuntu 12.04 Wubi install on an old XP desktop. I have to boot to a Cli because for some reason (probably low memory) a Gui freezes up. I boot it up infrequently but it is fun to play around with.

SteveK1979 · 05-01-2014, 07:24 AM

Still using screen here, across all systems on which I work/play (it's usually Solaris/Linux/NetBSD that's hosting the screen session).

Surely this merits a poll...

Cheers,
Steve