Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2021 18:55:34 -0700 From: Kevin Bowling <kevin.bowling@kev009.com> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> Cc: Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com>, Slawa Olhovchenkov <slw@zxy.spb.ru>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, "<dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org>" <dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org>, "dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org" <dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: git: 225639e7db68 - main - vt: Disable bell by default Message-ID: <CAK7dMtAfQTGNgzfru5xqQbfJryQZgddHXTmrTXqjNKBeaUAW%2BA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <YW9vg5yrMq3NiCcY@FreeBSD.org> References: <202110190738.19J7cFtw067994@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <20211019112132.GC80160@zxy.spb.ru> <20211019133700.77c0ca7ac488eb99df50551b@bidouilliste.com> <YW9vg5yrMq3NiCcY@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 6:25 PM Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 01:37:00PM +0200, Emmanuel Vadot wrote: > > On Tue, 19 Oct 2021 14:21:33 +0300, Slawa Olhovchenkov 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. > > > > > > For you, not for me, for example. Also, this is violate POLA. > > > > Just set kern.vt.enable_bell=1 in /etc/sysctl.conf and you will be > > happy again. > > Actually, it should've been the other way around: it if annoys *you*, > then you should just set kern.vt.enable_bell=0 in /etc/sysctl.conf > and be happy. I'm also used to it, it's a nice indicator that things > work normally, including the bell itself. > > > And POLA doesn't means that we can't change a thing. I think a POLA violation here was that some equipment emits a jarringly loud noise, and rushing to turn that off is more stressful than the change of turning it on if you value it. Safe defaults. > FWIW, controversial changes like this should go through the formal > review process, giving everyone interested a chance to chime in, not > like closing the differential in less than 24 hours. > > ./danfe >
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