From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Darrington Subject: Re: Colors and progress indicators on buildprocesses Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 16:05:52 +0200 Message-ID: <20160928140552.GA30707@jocasta.intra> References: <87d5b525ac5a11f0152902458a35120a@riseup.net> <87y42c4a9v.fsf@we.make.ritual.n0.is> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="wac7ysb48OaltWcw" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51130) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bpFUl-00063o-VV for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Sep 2016 10:06:03 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bpFUg-0000nD-TK for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Sep 2016 10:05:58 -0400 Received: from de.cellform.com ([88.217.224.109]:56958 helo=jocasta.intra) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bpFUg-0000mf-LK for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Sep 2016 10:05:54 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87y42c4a9v.fsf@we.make.ritual.n0.is> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: ng0 Cc: guix-devel --wac7ysb48OaltWcw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 09:57:16AM +0000, ng0 wrote: =20 The problem with colors is that the use of colors in build logs creates very difficult to read logs if you don't filter them.=20 This is true. But the build logs already dump some VT100 escape sequences, (for vertical cursor movement). And they also have to be filtered, so=20 if we say that colours are not permitted then we are not applying these rules consistently. J' --=20 Avoid eavesdropping. Send strong encrypted email. PGP Public key ID: 1024D/2DE827B3=20 fingerprint =3D 8797 A26D 0854 2EAB 0285 A290 8A67 719C 2DE8 27B3 See http://sks-keyservers.net or any PGP keyserver for public key. --wac7ysb48OaltWcw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAlfrzkAACgkQimdxnC3oJ7N7nQCfQ4kdfkXW6xMEAKwT3w4/AEWM 0QgAn2VVv3YEv86y6PAZGPa41nj1e6xz =VoCq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --wac7ysb48OaltWcw--