opening a nested session from byobu to byobu should not ask, but rather should remind the user...

[Clint Byrum]

Binary package hint: byobu

Right now in natty, if you are in byobu, and you ssh to another machine which has byobu enabled on login, you are presented with a question whether or not you want a nested session.

Its really not knowable, so a question is a valid way to determine this. However it interrupts the flow of work when one has to answer a question like this that one wasn't expecting.

Instead, I think we can take an opinionated stance and choose what is now the default answer for them, and then remind them of the other option. If a user logs in from byobu, to byobu, instead of asking the question, a simple message should be printed.

echo -n Your terminal suggests you are running inside byobu.
if [detect-active-byobu-session ] ; then
  echo ": there is an active session. Run 'byobu' to attach to it in a nested window."
else
  echo ": run 'byobu' to start a nested session"
fi

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package byobu - 3.30-0ubuntu1

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byobu (3.30-0ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

  [ Dustin Kirkland ]
  * usr/share/applications/byobu.desktop: fix description
  * usr/bin/byobu-status-detail: make a couple of minor modifications
    noticed while investigating the already-fixed LP: #750887
  * usr/lib/byobu/raid: fix grep that changed recently in Linux's
    md driver's printing to /proc/mdstat, LP: #760693
  * usr/share/byobu/profiles/common: preserve splits across detach/reattach,
    LP: #760696
  * usr/bin/byobu-launcher: don't disrupt work flow, but rather inform
    user about launching byobu in a nested screen session, LP: #747649
  * usr/bin/byobu-launch, usr/bin/byobu-launcher-install: fix handling
    of logout behavior, when dpkg-configured globally by the sysadmin,
    LP: #741281
  * usr/share/byobu/profiles/common: fix bold color intensity, LP: #727466
  * usr/bin/byobu-janitor, usr/bin/byobu-launch, usr/bin/byobu-launcher-
    install, usr/bin/byobu-launcher-uninstall,
    usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys,
    usr/share/byobu/keybindings/screen-escape-keys,
    usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1:
    - add a more permanent fix for LP: #604931
    - update documentation
  * usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys,
    usr/share/byobu/keybindings/screen-escape-keys:
    - fix ctrl-f5
  * debian/source/format, === removed directory debian/source: remove these
    until bzr builddeb bug gets fixed
  * usr/bin/byobu, usr/share/byobu/profiles/byoburc,
    usr/share/byobu/profiles/Makefile.am,
    usr/share/byobu/profiles/screenrc: support using ~/.byoburc, instead of
    ~/.screenrc, if present; some users seem to want to use byobu and screen
    separately, and keep their profiles separate, LP: #731529
  * usr/bin/byobu-janitor: use greadlink on Mac OSX, LP: #740370
  * usr/bin/byobu-select-session: fix broken path to screen, affects users
    who build/install byobu locally only, LP: #758177

  [ Chaskiel Grundman ]
  * debian/postinst: correctly fix old-school screen-profiles era diversions
    of /usr/bin/screen, LP: #727738
 -- Dustin Kirkland <email address hidden> Sun, 27 Feb 2011 10:29:53 -0600