Re: Add curses_version() in curses(3)

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

On 27/08/2019 21:14, Kamil Rytarowski wrote:
> On 27.08.2019 19:29, Roy Marples wrote:
> > Using Blymns correct email :)
> >
> > On 27/08/2019 18:28, Roy Marples wrote:
> > > On 27/08/2019 17:24, Kamil Rytarowski wrote:
> > > > Last year, I wrote this patch to add curses_version() for curses(3).
> > > >
> > > > http://netbsd.org/~kamil/patch-00073-curses-version.txt
> > > >
> > > > The only purpose of this function is to get better compat with ncurses
> > > > software.
> > > >
> > > > I needed it originally in qemu. It's sometimes used in the wild.
> > > >
> > > > Is it fine to merge it with src/?
> > >
> > > Maybe make it return something like
> > >
> > > "NetBSD-curses-8.2"
> > >
> > > Where 8.2 is taken from the .so version?
> > >
> > > Roy
>
> I think that it would be confused with NetBSD release and it could be
> meaningless/confusing for downstream users that just pick the code as is
> and can pick different major/minor.

Then I'm against this being added because it adds nothing of value.

I note that PD curses also supports curses_version() with something 
similar to my proposal.

Roy