I run Leap 42.2 on several machines.

The release installs

    /etc/inputrc

provided by 'aaa_base'

    rpm -q --whatprovides /etc/inputrc
        aaa_base-13.2+git20140911.61c1681-23.1.x86_64
    rpm -ql aaa_base | grep inputrc
        /etc/inputrc

That file contains

    cat /etc/inputrc   
################################################################################
        ## /etc/inputrc
        ##
        ## Attempt to put different TERMs together in one readline init file.
        ## Copyright (c) 1997,2000,2002 SuSE Linux AG, Nuernberg, Germany.
        ## Copyright: 2007 SuSE  LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
        ##
        ## Author: Werner Fink
        ## Please send feedback to http://www.suse.de/feedback
        ##
       
################################################################################
        #
        # Eight bit compatible: Umlaute
        #
        set meta-flag on
        set output-meta on
        set convert-meta off
        set enable-meta-key off
19        set term xy
        #
        # VI line editing
        #

When I ssh, from standard Bash shell, from one Leap42.2 machine to another, I
get this error


    > ssh test
      Last login: Thu Jan 26 07:21:54 2017 from 10.1.13.7
>>	  readline: /etc/inputrc: line 19: term: unknown variable name
    $

This error occurs with any/all of my host's TERM set to 

    = linux
    = konsole-linux
    = vt102
    = xterm
    = xterm-color


I note here a patch

   
https://build.opensuse.org/package/view_file/home:AndreasSchwab:13.2/aaa_base/inputrc.patch?expand=1

            Index: aaa_base-13.2+git20140911.61c1681/files/etc/inputrc
            ===================================================================
            --- aaa_base-13.2+git20140911.61c1681.orig/files/etc/inputrc
            +++ aaa_base-13.2+git20140911.61c1681/files/etc/inputrc
            @@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ set meta-flag on
             set output-meta on
             set convert-meta off
             set enable-meta-key off
>>>			-set term xy
             #
             # VI line editing
             #

that REMOVES that line, but afaict it's not be updated to release.

    (1) Should that line be patched/removed from relase? Or is there another
way to fix the error?
    (2) I note that the pkg date for the Leap42.2 release is *2014*, but for
Tumbleweed & BaseSystem is *2016*.  Upgrade called for?