From owner-cvs-all Sat Jun 3 15:31:17 2000 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from Awfulhak.org (tun.AwfulHak.org [194.242.139.173]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77FA437BD49; Sat, 3 Jun 2000 15:30:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (root@hak.lan.awfulhak.org [172.16.0.12]) by Awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA22461; Sat, 3 Jun 2000 23:34:10 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (brian@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA22064; Sat, 3 Jun 2000 23:33:58 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <200006032233.XAA22064@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: Mike Smith , "Andrey A. Chernov" , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org, "Josef L. Karthauser" Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/bin/ls extern.h ls.1 ls.c ls.h print.c In-Reply-To: Message from "Jordan K. Hubbard" of "Sat, 03 Jun 2000 15:08:26 PDT." <21730.960070106@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2000 23:33:57 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > I agree. If anybody wants colors he MUST use termcap database or curses and > > > > NOT some hardcoded values. This extension should be backed out not because > it > > > is a feature but because of bad implementation of this feature. > > > > Agreed. This was a very poor decision. > > I have to also agree that if we're really going to add color to our ls > then we should Do It Right since we're FreeBSD. I've already > repressed the automatic shudder I feel whenever the words "color ls" > are mentioned and am willing to even side with the camp who supports > it so that the linux people will stop WHINING about how dull and drab > and featureless our ls(1) is, but we can't do it by hard-coding ANSI > escape sequences into the code. That's just vile and Josef Karthauser > really needs to back this out or I can guarantee that somebody is > going to do it for him and that's not a good way of doing business; a > man should always shoot his own dog. I believe Joe's away this weekend, so if anyone's planning on getting itchy fingers, please wait 'till Monday or Tuesday so that he can respond. > - Jordan -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message