[OE-core] [PATCHv2 1/1] screen: Upgrade 4.0.3 -> 4.3.1

[Radzykewycz, T (Radzy)]

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> From: Khem Raj [raj.khem at gmail.com]        
> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2015 2:41 PM        
> To: BURTON, ROSS        
> Cc: Radzykewycz, T (Radzy); Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer        
> Subject: Re: [OE-core] [PATCHv2 1/1] screen: Upgrade 4.0.3 -> 4.3.1        
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> On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 2:34 PM, Burton, Ross <ross.burton at intel.com> wrote:        
> > Basically you need to have a good reason why oe-core should invest the time        
> > maintaining both modern screen and ancient screen (4.0.3 was released in        
> > 2008).   The easiest solution would be for your distro to maintain a copy of        
> > ancient screen for people who want screen but also don't want GPLv3.  Or,        
> > switch to tmux which is BSD licensed.        
>        
> I think this will be common interest for more than one distro or        
> person. It will be good to start moving them into a new layer under        
> meta-openembedded repo, something like meta-gplv2-pinned or        
> somethings, then users who are interested can prioritize this layer        
> over oe-core and there by use these versions easily instead of what        
> comes from oe-core.        

Thanks.  That sounds like a good approach.

Now to go investigate tmux....