tmux backspace patch?

[Patrick]

On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Olivier Cochard-Labbé <olivier at cochard.me>
wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 8:43 PM, Patrick <gibblertron at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi, there:
>>
>>
>> I was just wondering about the backspace patch for tmux. Since upgrading
>> to
>> tmux 1.9a (from 1.8) where this patch is unconditionally applied, my
>> backspace key no longer works in the tmux command prompt (e.g. <C-b>:). I
>> had to remove the patch and manually rebuild to get it to work. I'm just
>> wondering what purpose this patch serves? I don't really understand what
>> this patch is doing, but I see from Google searching that I'm not the only
>> one to have the exact same issue with this patch.
>>
>>
> Hi,
> I've the same regression: I need to use shift + backspace
>
> now.
>

Maybe the port owner could clarify who benefits from this patch and how? I
still don't understand how it makes anything better, but perhaps there's
some environment in which it does address an issue. Though since it breaks
other environments, I'd propose it be brought back as a port option.