Hello, "brian m. carlson" <sand...@crustytoothpaste.net> writes:
> On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 12:09:42AM +0100, Neil Williams wrote: >> It's debug output, it is useful when debugging and you need the output, >> e.g. when fixing bugs and the user can just be asked to run the command >> from the terminal and post the output to help in debugging the bug >> report. Generally, the debug output for a particular release tends to >> reflect the issues which upstream were working on most intensively >> before that release and therefore can have a direct impact on the >> likelihood of new bugs or regressions in old bugs. > > The Unix tradition is for programs to run silently unless there's a > problem. Taking 64ms to complete some operation is not, in general, a > problem. Yepp, citing the rule of silence from TAOUP: '...when a program has nothing interesting or surprising to say, it should shut up.' Regards hmw -- biff4emacsen - A biff-like tool for (X)Emacs http://www.c0t0d0s0.de/biff4emacsen/biff4emacsen.html Flood - Your friendly network packet generator http://www.c0t0d0s0.de/flood/flood.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87hbiw8imd....@stella.c0t0d0s0.de
