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Date:      Thu, 21 Oct 2021 03:24:20 +0000
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>
To:        Shawn Webb <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org>
Cc:        Emmanuel Vadot <manu@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: git: 225639e7db68 - main - vt: Disable bell by default
Message-ID:  <YXDdZPZkLSXAwwq0@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20211020135704.e2krf765elhscvfd@mutt-hbsd>
References:  <202110190738.19J7cFtw067994@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <20211020135704.e2krf765elhscvfd@mutt-hbsd>

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On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 09:57:04AM -0400, Shawn Webb wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 07:38:15AM +0000, Emmanuel Vadot wrote:
> > commit 225639e7db685a4047e384abdbc296c0e02bd147
> > 
> >  vt: Disable bell by default
> >  
> >  Bell is either useless if you're working on remote servers or
> >  really annoying when you're working with a local machine that
> >  have a loud buzzer.  Switch the default to have it disable.
> 
> I have no objection to the change (or any opinion on the matter), but
> I wonder if changes like this carry an accessibility impact. I wonder
> if any hard-of-sight folks relied on the original behavior.

Pretty sure it does; as explained by Gleb and me earlier, PC speaker
is important diagnostic communication channel; unfortunately Emmanuel
sees it just as annoying useless buzzer. :(

./danfe



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