Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 03:19:12 +0400 (MSD) From: =?KOI8-R?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= <ache@nagual.pp.ru> To: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@apfel.de> Cc: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>, davidn@labs.usn.blaze.net.au, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: long usernames in top Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970706031358.5585A-100000@lsd.relcom.eu.net> In-Reply-To: <p1i7mf5no70.fsf@panke.panke.de>
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On 6 Jul 1997, Wolfram Schneider wrote: > Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> writes: > > > Better variant will be to calculate maxnamelen at runtime through > > > displayed names only, not through all names from /etc/passwd > > > > Yes. This is what I did for "ps" and "w". The annoying thing > > about top is that the name data is potentially variant on each > > refresh. Plus the thing is being actively maintained by an agency > > other than FreeBSD, so unless the job was done completely, it's > > likely that it would become a FreeBSD-only maintenance nightmare. > > Absolutely correct. > > My 7 line patch did not fix the problem, but makes the life for 99% > of the users easier. How many systems have usernames longer > than 10 characters? Why add some feature and then disable its support with arguments that nobody uses it? I object this half-dancing solution. We should either return to 8 letters usernames, fix top a la 'ps' manner or don't touch it. In all this cases no inormation lost. -- Andrey A. Chernov <ache@null.net> http://www.nagual.pp.ru/~ache/
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