As of the current Emacs sources, https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs/blob/master/lisp/term.el#L1472 contains
(defvar term-term-name "eterm-color"
so there really is an explicit setting in the upstream sources which hardcodes this. With that, I guess I agree that emacs24 should "Suggests: ncurses-term".
As of the current Emacs sources, https:/ /github. com/emacs- mirror/ emacs/blob/ master/ lisp/term. el#L1472 contains
(defvar term-term-name "eterm-color"
so there really is an explicit setting in the upstream sources which hardcodes this. With that, I guess I agree that emacs24 should "Suggests: ncurses-term".