On 9/30/2021 02:40, Fabian Groffen wrote: > Hi, > > Would it be possible to have some switch (e.g. --style=legacy) that > controls this new vs. the old behaviour? Would perhaps allow > applications that parse the output to work via setting this in the > global opts.
Perhaps this would be better as a FEATURE flag? E.g., 'legacy-output' or something similar? > In addition, much like the colour map, how do you see this change in > light of eclasses, init-scripts, etc. that also use the same scheme as > Portage at the moment? Would you expect to change those too at some > point? > > Final question, am I understanding correctly that normal lines are not > prefixed with something? Would it be, for consistency, alignment, and > certainty of selecting rows something to use a prefix for those lines > too (assuming they aren't at this point)? > > Thanks, > Fabian -- Joshua Kinard Gentoo/MIPS ku...@gentoo.org rsa6144/5C63F4E3F5C6C943 2015-04-27 177C 1972 1FB8 F254 BAD0 3E72 5C63 F4E3 F5C6 C943 "The past tempts us, the present confuses us, the future frightens us. And our lives slip away, moment by moment, lost in that vast, terrible in-between." --Emperor Turhan, Centauri Republic
