> Package: byobu
> Depends:
[...]
> tmux (>= 1.5) | screen
> Recommends:
> screen,
> tmux (>= 1.5),
[...]
> Enhances: screen
That's odd.
> Description: powerful, text based window manager and shell multiplexer
The expression "text-based" seems to be there as a sort of awkward
hint that it doesn't in fact mean an X window manager; it means
something closer to "command line screen session manager", but I
suppose that would get too longwinded.
> Byobu is Ubuntu's text-based window manager based on GNU Screen.
(Two different slightly bogus uses of "based" in one line!)
I gather Ubuntu doesn't mind if we borrow it. But surely version 5
now mainly uses tmux?
> Using Byobu, you can quickly create and move between different windows
> over a single SSH connection or TTY terminal, monitor dozens of important
> statistics about your system, detach and reattach to sessions later
> while your programs continue to run in the background.
There's a conjunction missing in there.
How about:
Description: powerful command line "window manager" and shell multiplexer
Byobu is Ubuntu's session-managing wrapper around tmux or GNU Screen.
Using Byobu, you can quickly create and move between different windows
over a single SSH connection or TTY terminal, monitor dozens of important
statistics about your system, or detach and reattach to sessions later
while your programs continue to run in the background.
--
JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package
diff -ru byobu-5.16.pristine/debian/control byobu-5.16/debian/control
--- byobu-5.16.pristine/debian/control 2012-03-15 06:00:13.000000000 +0000
+++ byobu-5.16/debian/control 2012-08-31 21:06:54.468410761 +0100
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@
screen-profiles-extras (<< 2.0),
byobu-extras (<< 2.17)
Enhances: screen
-Description: powerful, text based window manager and shell multiplexer
- Byobu is Ubuntu's text-based window manager based on GNU Screen.
+Description: powerful command line "window manager" and shell multiplexer
+ Byobu is Ubuntu's session-managing wrapper around tmux or GNU Screen.
Using Byobu, you can quickly create and move between different windows
over a single SSH connection or TTY terminal, monitor dozens of important
- statistics about your system, detach and reattach to sessions later
+ statistics about your system, or detach and reattach to sessions later
while your programs continue to run in the background.
diff -ru byobu-5.16.pristine/debian/templates byobu-5.16/debian/templates
--- byobu-5.16.pristine/debian/templates 2012-03-12 04:38:09.000000000
+0000
+++ byobu-5.16/debian/templates 2012-08-31 10:05:39.504400015 +0100
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
Template: byobu/launch-by-default
Type: boolean
Default: false
-_Description: Do you want to launch Byobu at shell login for all users?
- Byobu can launch automatically at login (e.g. console, ssh), providing
- an attachable/detachable window manager on the command line.
+_Description: Launch Byobu at shell login for all users?
+ Byobu can be launched automatically on all shell logins (via the console,
+ SSH, etc.), to provide a screen session manager.
.
- If you select this option, Byobu will install a symlink in /etc/profile.d.
- This setting is system-wide, for all users logging into the system.
- Individual users can disable this by touching
- ~/.byobu/disable-autolaunch, or configuring with 'byobu-config'.
+ If you select this option, a symlink will be created in /etc/profile.d.
+ This setting is system-wide, for all user logins. Individual users can
+ opt out by using the utility "byobu-config" or by creating the file
+ "disable-autolaunch" in their byobu configuration directory.
Template: byobu/launch-by-default
Type: boolean
Default: false
_Description: Launch Byobu at shell login for all users?
Byobu can be launched automatically on all shell logins (via the console,
SSH, etc.), to provide a screen session manager.
.
If you select this option, a symlink will be created in /etc/profile.d.
This setting is system-wide, for all user logins. Individual users can
opt out by using the utility "byobu-config" or by creating the file
"disable-autolaunch" in their byobu configuration directory.
Source: byobu
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Maintainer: Alexander Chernyakhovsky <acher...@mit.edu>
DM-Upload-Allowed: yes
Standards-Version: 3.9.3
Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~), gettext-base, automake, autoconf
Homepage: http://launchpad.net/byobu
Vcs-git: git://github.com/achernya/byobu.git
Package: byobu
Architecture: all
Depends:
${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends},
debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0,
gettext-base,
python,
python-newt (>= 0.52.2-11),
tmux (>= 1.5) | screen
Recommends:
screen,
tmux (>= 1.5),
Suggests:
apport,
lsb-release,
po-debconf,
run-one,
ttf-ubuntu-font-family (>= 0.80-0ubuntu1~medium),
update-notifier-common,
vim,
w3m
Provides:
screen-profiles,
screen-profiles-extras,
byobu-extras
Replaces:
screen-profiles (<< 2.0),
screen-profiles-extras (<< 2.0),
byobu-extras (<< 2.17)
Breaks:
screen-profiles (<< 2.0),
screen-profiles-extras (<< 2.0),
byobu-extras (<< 2.17)
Enhances: screen
Description: powerful command line "window manager" and shell multiplexer
Byobu is Ubuntu's session-managing wrapper around tmux or GNU Screen.
Using Byobu, you can quickly create and move between different windows
over a single SSH connection or TTY terminal, monitor dozens of important
statistics about your system, or detach and reattach to sessions later
while your programs continue to run in the background.
