Re: Beginner Question: Is GNU Screen still in active development? Will there be future releases?

[Brian Kroth]

Andrew Schulman <address@hidden> 2011-10-13 09:46:
> > Regarding the subject, just wanted to know this because I am trying to
> > decide whether to go with Screen or Tmux.   So far in my experience,
> > Screen seems more mature (but I might not be qualified enough to say
> > this :-) ) .

I admit a release has been slow in coming, and because of that I have 
also been considering a switch to tmux for a handful of features I've 
been waiting for.  However, screen is mature and I know it well and 
haven't had enough time to switch yet.  I also don't know if I could get 
tmux for some of the Solaris machines I have to deal with.  Also, most 
of the features I wanted have been in the git version of screen for a 
while so development on screen does continue to progress albeit slowly.
In an effort to move things along some of us have started work to try 
and package a git version for distros like Debian:
http://noone.org/blog/English/Computer/Debian/Git%20Snapshot%20of%20GNU%20Screen%20in%20Debian%20Experimental.html
http://packages.debian.org/experimental/screen

I'm using it (backported for squeeze) on a large lab setup already.

Brian

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