> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brooks Davis > Sent: Thursday, 20 April 2006 9:58 AM > To: Bruce M Simpson; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Eric Anderson; > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fancy rc startup style RFC > > On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 12:43:43AM +0100, Bruce M Simpson wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 10:46:09AM -0400, Coleman Kane wrote: > > > My point is that we should let our purist values get in > the way of others' > > > enhanced experience using the system. > > > > My view is: We take the patch, as long as it doesn't interfere with > > the internal machinations of rc too much. > > > > There are good aesthetic and functional arguments on either side. > > Given the excellent work on rc to date, we have clean > abstractions in > > rc itself, so fitting colour-aesthetics in does not have a high > > maintenance cost. > > I agree with this line of reasoning. So long as things are > kept modular and don't cause maintance headaches when working > on the internals I'd like to see this sort of work encouraged > and encorporated into the tree. While there's something to > be said for console output that shows everthing there's also > something to be said for console output that only shows whats > actually important. Giving people room to explore other > options could yeild something much better than what we currently have. > > -- Brooks
My 0.02c worth - one of the Unix precepts for command line tools is silence = no error This is to consciously aid and abet the pipelining of programs.... Which is a major strength of Unix.. >From "The Art of Unix Programming" http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/ch01s06.html#id2877684 Also http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/ch11s01.html The whole site is a good read. And Albert speaks well too (see sig below) mjt -- "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." --Albert Einstein --------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted in this e-mail is for the exclusive use of the intended addressee and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, dissemination or other use of it, or the taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons and/or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please inform the sender and/or addressee immediately and delete the material. E-mails may not be secure, may contain computer viruses and may be corrupted in transmission. Please carefully check this e-mail (and any attachment) accordingly. No warranties are given and no liability is accepted for any loss or damage caused by such matters. --------------------------------------------------------------- ***This Email has been scanned for Viruses by MailMarshal.*** _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
