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Date:      Tue, 30 May 2000 21:00:47 -0400
From:      Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>
To:        Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org>
Cc:        Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca>, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: bin/18900: patch to add colorizing feature to /bin/ls
Message-ID:  <20000530210047.W86725@jade.chc-chimes.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005301727010.22524-100000@dt051n0b.san.rr.com>; from Doug@gorean.org on Tue, May 30, 2000 at 05:46:34PM -0700
References:  <200005310001.BAA28109@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005301727010.22524-100000@dt051n0b.san.rr.com>

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On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 05:46:34PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:

> 	I don't see anyone asking for 'ls' to wash their breakfast dishes
> for them. The facts remain:
> 
> 1. People _do_ want this. It gets asked often on -questions.
> 2. The code is already written. 
> 3. It adds almost no bloat.
> 4. It's totally, completely optional. 

Exactly.

> 	So, other than on "purist" grounds, are there any other
> objections?

I don't think there can be anything else besides purist objections...

-- 
Bill Fumerola - Network Architect / Computer Horizons Corp - CVM
e-mail: billf@chc-chimes.com / billf@FreeBSD.org





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