Two answers in this question state that screen
is unmaintained. However, the GNU repository of screen
shows an upload this year after 6 years, and 14.04 has two newer versions than the earlier Ubuntu releases (one in the main release, and one in backports
, from 14.10). Unmaintained software get dropped from Ubuntu, but screen
remained even after a six-year period of inactivity. So what is the status of screen
in general, and in Ubuntu? Will it remain (reasonably) maintained, or should I switch to tmux
or other alternatives?
1 Answer
Amadeusz Sławiński, GNU Screen’s new primary upstream maintainer uploaded 2 versions this year:
- the status quo of Screen development as version 4.2.0
- the 4.2.1 that you can find in the Ubuntu repositories
From the 4.2.0 announcement:
With this I also plan to put v.4 into maintenance mode and start developing v.5 with cleaned up source code, new features
Clearly the project is not unmaintained, but as many other projects it requires contributors to fix bugs and work on new features.
Sources:
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I wondered if the releases were a "Ok, we're shutting up shop, but here are some bug fixes."-style closing-up clearance. If the maintainer is new and plans to start developing new versions, that's great news.– muruNov 3, 2014 at 3:14
screen
maintained or not?