Comment by Chris2048

What's this stuff about:

> also, i'm a) a nobody and b) a woman. nothing i wrote would ever gain any traction; any project designed to supplant ncurses needs to come from someone who's actually known to the FOSS community. and a maintainer who isn't a cripple.

Did ncurses gain popularity because of the identity of its maintainer(s)?! I was of the impression that it's whoever gets there first.