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

[Jostein Berntsen]

On 13.10.11,09:45, Brian Kroth wrote:
> 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.
> 

You also have screen-session which is built on the most recent development 
version on screen and with several extra features:

https://github.com/skoneka/screen-session


Jostein