Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 16:55:44 +0200 From: Stefan `Sec` Zehl <sec@42.org> To: Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/18900: patch to add colorizing feature to /bin/ls Message-ID: <20000601165544.A24155@matrix.42.org> In-Reply-To: <20000601161114.A18501@curry.mchp.siemens.de>; from andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de on Thu, Jun 01, 2000 at 04:11:14PM %2B0200 References: <20000531095153.A80830@curry.mchp.siemens.de> <200005311200.IAA29719@lakes.dignus.com> <20000531140859.A44791@mithrandr.moria.org> <20000601142524.A19841@matrix.42.org> <20000601161114.A18501@curry.mchp.siemens.de>
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On Thu, Jun 01, 2000 at 04:11:14PM +0200, Andre Albsmeier wrote:
> On Thu, 01-Jun-2000 at 14:25:24 +0200, Stefan `Sec` Zehl wrote:
> > The problem is to draw the line. Surely we will nevae have netscape in
> > base. But perl we do. I (and many others) think that colorized ls is
> > gimmicky enough to have no place in the base system. Color-ls gains you
> > no new information.
>
> Does less do this compared to more?
> Or /usr/src/games (I know, they can be disabled).
less is a port, for this exact reason.
> No, there won't be gained new information. It never was the goal of
> a colorised ls to gain new information.
Ok. So make it a port :)
[...]
> > Make it a port, so everybody can be happy. Everybody I know who installs
> It _is_ already a port. However, the ports ls distfile does not have the same
> features as /bin/ls has.
So update the port an be done with it.
> So everytime someone changes /bin/ls the port would
> have to be sync'ed again (which costs developers/commiters time).
And now everyone who canges ls has to wantch out not to break your
precious color patch.
> > a FreeBSD system installs his favourite ports first. For me it's zsh,
> > screen, less and vim. If for you this includes colorls so go ahead and
> > add that port on a new install, but please don't influct this on the
> > rest of us.
> Again: It is an option (-G) that you don't have to use. I assume there are
> many programs in the base systems with options you don't use (and maybe
> even don't know about). You don't scream about them because they are already
> there.
And again: There are many programs I use every day, starting with my
shell (zsh). But I still don't go running around and claim it should be
imported in base, just because I can't live without it.
CU,
Sec
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