Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 14:25:24 +0200 From: Stefan `Sec` Zehl <sec@42.org> To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/18900: patch to add colorizing feature to /bin/ls Message-ID: <20000601142524.A19841@matrix.42.org> In-Reply-To: <20000531140859.A44791@mithrandr.moria.org>; from nbm@mithrandr.moria.org on Wed, May 31, 2000 at 02:08:59PM %2B0200 References: <20000531095153.A80830@curry.mchp.siemens.de> <200005311200.IAA29719@lakes.dignus.com> <20000531140859.A44791@mithrandr.moria.org>
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On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 02:08:59PM +0200, Neil Blakey-Milner wrote:
> On Wed 2000-05-31 (08:00), Thomas David Rivers wrote:
> > If the user who wanted colorized ls has to change to get it;
> > why bother with putting this in the FreeBSD ls?
>
> Why bother adding new options or features, or upgrades to the base
> system whatsoever? Surely if people want an upgraded piece of software,
> or a new option to a program, they can install the port?
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.
> Look, it's quite simple - it doesn't cost anyone anything to add it to
> the system ls.
It does. Compile time, size, startup time, are all increased. It's a new
place where bugs and inconsistencies can creep in.
> And for all the space-mongers, I'll personally ifdef it for you.
Make it a port, so everybody can be happy. Everybody I know who installs
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.
CU,
Sec
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