Subject: [bug#74570] [PATCH] gnu: xterm: Update to 395.

From: kiasoc5 <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2024 18:28:08 -0500

On 12/7/24 09:17, Maxim Cournoyer wrote:
> Hi Zheng,
> 
> Zheng Junjie <[email-masked]> writes:
> 
>> Now the xvfb-run test depends on xterm, so we can't simply update xterm,
>> we might add a new xterm package and hide the original xterm for
>> xvfb-run only.
> 
> Yes, we could rename the current 'xterm' variable to xterm/pinned, make
> it hidden, then proceed to add a new 'xterm' package which inherits from
> it, at its latest version.
> 

I agree with making a separate xterm package for tests. Since naming is 
one of the hardest things in computer science, how about naming the 
pinned version 'xterm-for-tests' instead?