Re: tn3270, mset and map3270

[Roy Marples <roy%marples.name@localhost>]

On 12/01/2010 06:51, Marc Balmer wrote:
> Am 12.01.2010 um 00:22 schrieb Alistair Crooks:
>
> > On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 11:03:35PM +0000, Roy Marples wrote:
> > > Hi List
> > >
> > > Whilst working on my terminfo foo, I discovered tn3270(1), mset(1) and
> > > map3270(5). It looks like FreeBSD removed this in their 4.0 release
> > > whilst OpenBSD still have it. It refers heavily to termcap and the fact
> > > that it's buggy and slow. Is it something we wish to keep, or should I
> > > update all termcap references to terminfo and move
> > > src/share/termcap/map3270 up a level?
> >
> > It's been around 11 years since I last used a mainframe, and I used to
> > work for a mainframe manufacturer. Even at that time, we used x3270
> > to access them, and so I doubt that I'll have any opportunity any time
> > soon to try to relive that period of my life.
> >
> > I agree with smb - let's move this to pkgsrc and be done with it.
>
> If nobody uses it, why bother putting it in pkgsrc? Why not just remove
> it? If someone badly needs it, it is still available in the Attic. Maybe
> ask on the mailing lists if someone still uses it (like I did for
> strip(4) which also nobody uses anymore...)

I'm with Marc here.
We can import c3270 from http://x3270.bgp.nu/ if needed.

Thanks

Roy