Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 17:35:20 +0100 From: Jessica Clarke <jrtc27@freebsd.org> To: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> Cc: =?utf-8?Q?Stefan_E=C3=9Fer?= <se@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r363091 - in head/contrib/bc: . include manuals src tests tests/bc Message-ID: <B5CD5239-007A-4113-9C85-A30654562D99@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20200730163154.a4d7672xsugkhmxq@ivaldir.net> References: <202007110733.06B7XJrp033777@repo.freebsd.org> <20200730162009.rnjs6l5rjqsoiqpq@ivaldir.net> <DECD68BB-F720-4CA1-A774-31A4307B24B9@freebsd.org> <20200730163154.a4d7672xsugkhmxq@ivaldir.net>
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On 30 Jul 2020, at 17:31, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 05:28:19PM +0100, Jessica Clarke wrote: >> On 30 Jul 2020, at 17:20, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> = wrote: >>> On Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 07:33:19AM +0000, Stefan E=C3=9Fer wrote: >>>> Author: se >>>> Date: Sat Jul 11 07:33:18 2020 >>>> New Revision: 363091 >>>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/363091 >>>>=20 >>>> Log: >>>> Update to version 3.1.3 >>>>=20 >>> Jumping on that commit, since the switch from our previous bc. >>>=20 >>> The output of the interactive bc has changed, the previous version = had a clean >>> UI, the new version "pollutes" the output with plenty of lines about = the >>> copyright: >>>=20 >>> =3D=3D=3D=3D >>> Copyright (c) 2018-2020 Gavin D. Howard and contributors >>> Report bugs at: https://git.yzena.com/gavin/bc >>>=20 >>> This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. >>> =3D=3D=3D=3D >>>=20 >>> Imagine if all programs where doing that, it would be painful, do = you think >>> upstream can be convinced to remove those lines? >>>=20 >>> I no the GNU version also has the same polluted output which was one = of the >>> reason I was happy with out previous version of bc. >>=20 >> By default both will print such a banner if and only if being called >> interactively. You can disable the banner explicitly with -q/--quiet >> for both GNU bc and this bc. I agree it's a bit noisy and would be >> nicer to not have that printed, but it's not without precedent for >> REPL-like things. >=20 > Yes it is not without precedent for REPL-like things, still I dislike = this and > would be happy to get bc interactive be as nice as the previous one we = had :) >=20 > If not I will deal with it and just yell internally each time I run it = :D `alias bc=3D'bc -q'` / `alias bc bc -q` and preserve your inner zen? :) Jess
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