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[PATCH] gnu: xterm: Update to 395.

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Message #17 received at 74570 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: kiasoc5 <kiasoc5 <at> disroot.org>
To: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>,
 Zheng Junjie <zhengjunjie <at> iscas.ac.cn>
Cc: 74570 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#74570] [PATCH] gnu: xterm: Update to 395.
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2024 18:28:08 -0500

On 12/7/24 09:17, Maxim Cournoyer wrote:
> Hi Zheng,
> 
> Zheng Junjie <zhengjunjie <at> iscas.ac.cn> 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?

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