On Fri, 28 Mar 2025 14:59:50 -0400 =?utf-8?Q?Antoine_Beaupr=C3=A9?= <anarcat@debian.org> wrote:

On 2025-03-17 15:48:56, Vincent Lefevre wrote:

+ possible data loss via a symlink attack
The screen-exchange feature (">" in copy mode) is also insecure:

Is it worth keeping screen in Debian at all?

i switched to tmux many years ago, but i think you should give users a
lot of warning before removing screen (NEWS.Debian in screen,
release-notes and then remove a future stable release etc?).

i believe screen does have some features not in tmux at all, so you
should expect that removing it will cause complaints, and maybe failed
upgrades for anyone doing dist-upgrade inside screen.

Debian's own release-notes recommend using screen for upgrades (and
adding tmux is still an MR -- there was quite a bit of scepticism that
tmux was stable enough to always replace it).

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