Shibatasan, I would recommend retargeting this MP to upstream byobu, it would be better to get their review and/or land it upstream. Thanks for working on this.
Apparently the upstream git repository is more active on Github now [1]. Maybe you should try to submit the changes you proposed here [2] there.
After taking a look at the open PR I noticed the replacement of '-e' to '--' in byobu.desktop file was already proposed here [3]. You might want to +1 that change. The only missing part is the one you proposed to fix LP: #1845845 (the FTBFS was already fixed, so no need to change debian/rules).
* debian/rules:
- use autoreconf addon to make call dh_auto_configure.
* usr/lib/byobu/include/config.py.in,
usr/lib/byobu/include/select-session.py:
- fix ftbfs: LP: #1843729
- during pep8 verification due to the newly
introduced E117 - ie. hard tab as over-indented spaces.
New changelog entries:
[ Dustin Kirkland ]
* usr/bin/ctail:
- Quotes are needed around "$@" to keep parameters from splitting
on spaces.
- https://github.com/dustinkirkland/byobu/pull/31
* usr/lib/byobu/logo:
- "SuSE" name is an outdated version of it. Use the modern one: SUSE
* usr/lib/byobu/include/config.py.in, usr/lib/byobu/include/select-
session.py:
- use env python3 for portability to other Linux and Mac systems
(hopefully that's still okay for Debian / Ubuntu?)
- https://github.com/dustinkirkland/byobu/pull/29
* usr/share/byobu/profiles/bashrc:
- Unescaping colors in bash prompt causes problems with scrolling
history in bash prompt. you can see leftovers from previous
commands when going back by history.
All colors in command prompt should be escaped with [ ]
- https://github.com/dustinkirkland/byobu/pull/30
* usr/lib/byobu/wifi_quality:
- prefer iwconfig over iw for now, iw is not working for me
* usr/share/byobu/profiles/tmux:
- flatten some of our color configuration to match the new tmux format
* usr/lib/byobu/disk_io:
- ensure some values are set to zero, if unreadable
- fixes a bug where disk_io causes the rest of the status line to fail
* usr/lib/byobu/include/select-session.py: LP: #1750430
- fix bug creating a mess of sessions, where cycling through a bunch
of copies of the same session
[ Fede Luzzi ]
* usr/lib/byobu/include/mondrian, usr/share/byobu/profiles/tmux:
- On tmux version 1.9 all the styles *-bg/fg/attr were deprecated and
replaced with *-style bg=/ fg=/ attribute
In the upcoming version 2.9, this commands are gone and will break
byobu style. this fix that issue and mantain compatibility with upcoming
tmux versions.
[ Paride Legovini ]
* debian/source_byobu.py:
- Do not include the user's .screenrc in the apport generated crash report
[ Jeffery To ]
* usr/bin/byobu-disable-prompt.in,
usr/bin/byobu-janitor.in:
- Test if $HOME/.bashrc exists before modifying it (and potentially
creating it)
* usr/bin/byobu-export.in:
- Use echo if the gettext command is not available
* usr/bin/byobu.in:
- Use readlink if the tty command is not available
* usr/bin/byobu-janitor.in:
- Add fallback if the install command is not available
* usr/bin/byobu-launch.in:
- Don't autolaunch for ARM serial consoles
* usr/lib/byobu/disk_io:
- Ensure the detected mount point device exists
* usr/lib/byobu/hostname:
- Read from /proc/sys/kernel/hostname if the hostname command is not
available
* usr/lib/byobu/logo:
- Add logo for OpenWrt
* usr/lib/byobu/processes:
- Handle stderr for ps, e.g. unsupported options
- Remove unnecessary awk call; wc -l only outputs one value
* usr/lib/byobu/raid:
- Ensure /proc/mdstat is readable
* usr/lib/byobu/release:
- Fix typo
* usr/lib/byobu/services:
- Fix reading services from $BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/statusrc
* usr/lib/byobu/session:
- Fix screen session regex
* usr/lib/byobu/updates_available:
- Add support for opkg (OpenWrt)
* usr/lib/byobu/users:
- Handle stderr for ps, e.g. unsupported options
- Fix trailing '#' sign
* usr/lib/byobu/whoami:
- Use id if the whoami command is not available
- Read from /etc/passwd if the getent command is not available
* usr/lib/byobu/wifi_quality:
- Add support for iw (preferred over iwconfig)
- Make logic more similar to other status notifications
* usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys.tmux:
- Remove -k for new-window. In older versions of tmux, -k without
-t <target-window> had no effect. In tmux 2.8, -k without -t will
not trigger a new window; the given command is executed in the
current window instead.
- Rename the new window created after adding a new session
New changelog entries:
* usr/share/byobu/profiles/bashrc:
- Googley PS1 for non-Ubuntu distros
* usr/lib/byobu/logo, usr/share/byobu/profiles/bashrc:
- use Google lego logo for gLinux
* usr/lib/byobu/logo: LP: #1769676
- don't use the Ubuntu logo in the status line, as this breaks ssh
clients coming to Ubuntu from other OSes without the Ubuntu font
* usr/lib/byobu/include/shutil, usr/lib/byobu/Makefile.am,
usr/lib/byobu/rcs_cost, usr/share/byobu/status/status,
usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1,
usr/lib/byobu/ec2_cost,
usr/lib/byobu/include/ec2instancespricing.py,
usr/lib/byobu/include/Makefile.am, usr/lib/byobu/include/shutil,
usr/lib/byobu/Makefile.am, usr/share/byobu/status/status,
usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1,
* usr/bin/byobu-janitor.in:
- deprecate unmaintained ec2/rcs pricing functionality
- this never really worked well, and these prices are constantly changing
- clear out stale status cache
* debian/control, usr/lib/byobu/ip_address, usr/lib/byobu/network,
usr/share/man/man1/wifi-status.1: LP: #1748956
- switch entirely to iproute2, away from net-tools and ifconfig
- only remaining ifconfig is fall-back logic, in case /sbin/ip is
not found
* usr/share/byobu/desktop/byobu.desktop: LP: #1739708
- update categories so that Byobu can show up in Cinnamon/Mint's
preferred applications list
* usr/share/byobu/pixmaps/byobu.14.png,
usr/share/byobu/pixmaps/byobu.192.png,
usr/share/byobu/pixmaps/byobu.64.png,
usr/share/byobu/pixmaps/byobu.png:
- re-render png's, as Chrome started rendering middle color wrong
* usr/bin/byobu-select-profile.in, usr/share/man/man1/byobu-select-
profile.1: LP: #1717746
- deprecate interactive mode for byobu-select-profile
* usr/lib/byobu/include/toggle-utf8.in: LP: #1696546
- try to support zsh and other shells in addition to bash
* usr/bin/byobu-shell.in:
- update getting started to byobu.org
* usr/share/byobu/profiles/tmux: LP: #1617689
- add a comment about motd printing
* usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1: LP: #1618185
- update documentation on setting a logo
* debian/compat, debian/control:
* debian/compat, debian/control, usr/lib/byobu/include/config.py.in,
usr/lib/byobu/include/select-session.py:
- neverending fight with lintian
- hardcode python3 as our interpreter
* usr/lib/byobu/include/shutil:
- check for lsb-release before using (not present on Debian)
* usr/share/byobu/profiles/bashrc:
- fix missing bash 256 ps1 colors
New changelog entries:
[ Dustin Kirkland ]
* usr/lib/byobu/include/constants, usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-
keys.screen, usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys.tmux:
- create a $BYOBU_EDITOR variable, using "sensible-editor" if found
(it will be on Debian/Ubuntu systems), or $EDITOR if not, and falling
back to "vim" in the case where none are found
- use $BYOBU_EDITOR with Shift-F7 to open the printscreen buffer in
a new window; this fixes a bug on some distros where $EDITOR might
be undefined
* usr/lib/byobu/session:
- don't count sessions that start with _
- BUG: #892489
* usr/lib/byobu/include/shutil, usr/lib/byobu/logo:
- add a logo for gLinux
[ Mark Kelly ]
* usr/lib/byobu/updates_available:
- Fix rare race condition for update_needed and cache file (#26)
- https://github.com/dustinkirkland/byobu/pull/26
[ Didier Roche ]
* byobu.desktop:
- give some hints for GNOME Shell to correctly match byobu desktop file
(LP: #1718482); partial fix, not entirely working yet
New changelog entries:
[ Jean-Baptiste Lallement ]
* usr/share/byobu/profiles/dircolors: LP: #1752352
- fix blinking symlinks
[ Chow Loong Jin ]
* usr/lib/byobu/include/select-session.py:
- Fix cull_zombies() so that we properly cull zombies of sessions that
have non-numeric session names
- Allow the dynamic session-creation behaviour to be disabled by
creating ~/.byobu/.reuse-session
[ Dustin Kirkland ]
* debian/control:
- need sensible-utils
Shibatasan, I would recommend retargeting this MP to upstream byobu, it would be better to get their review and/or land it upstream. Thanks for working on this.