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Date:      Wed, 15 Aug 2018 08:37:13 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>
To:        Kyle Evans <kevans@freebsd.org>
Cc:        "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@freebsd.org>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-11@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r337826 - stable/11/bin/ls
Message-ID:  <201808151537.w7FFbDie048175@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>
In-Reply-To: <CACNAnaGAwFD4cjFyan_buMxo1pqKFhLh3uMBKuApbHqgyQKteA@mail.gmail.com>

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> On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 8:41 PM, Rodney W. Grimes
> <freebsd@pdx.rh.cn85.dnsmgr.net> wrote:
> >> Author: kevans
> >> Date: Wed Aug 15 01:29:02 2018
> >> New Revision: 337826
> >> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/337826
> >>
> >> Log:
> >>   MFC r337506: ls(1): Enable colors with COLORTERM is set in the environment
> >>
> >>   COLORTERM is the de facto standard, while CLICOLOR is generally specific to
> >>   FreeBSD and ls(1).
> >
> > I have already seen one "Who enabled %&*@(#$@) colored ls output in 12?"
> > Seems that the defaults for xfce terminal is to have COLORTERM.
> >
> 
> Hmm? No one's pointed me at any such complaints, and I've not seen any
> seen pass by -- neither in response to the initial commit mail, or on
> -current@

It was not in a public forum.  And it was just yesterday, so it
takes times for these things to trickle out and be noticed.
Just be aware, this change is gona have a few shocked users as
it proliferates.  

My 'changes' that are made take 1 to 2 years before the mass user
community notices there over all effects.  

-- 
Rod Grimes                                                 rgrimes@freebsd.org



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