On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 09:53:55AM +0100, Mark Kettenis wrote:
> > Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:27:01 -0700
> > From: Theo de Raadt <dera...@cvs.openbsd.org>
> >
> > > On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 12:50:33AM -0500, Ted Unangst wrote:
> > > > Fortunately, help is on the way. Patch below combines all cpu
> > > > states into a single line, for that "classic" top look even on
> > > > the most impressive of modern hardware.
> > >
> > > Upstream top (and the version e.g. on Linux, NetBSD etc) use "1" for
> > > this, both as command line option and key.
> >
> > We are incompatible with upstream top on purpose. It is a pile of festering
> > shit.
> >
> > Noone says top has to be the same on all systems. It is non-standard.
> > It just has to display things pretty so that a person can watch what a
> > machine is doing, without people using lots of stupid buttons.
>
> Being different just to be different is also pretty silly. So unless
> there is a good reason not to choose '1' for this purpose, I'd love to
> see a new diff from Ted.
Agreed. Our implementation has diverged, but using the same flags as
others when feasible is a good thing.
-Otto
