Bug#644285: Re: Bug#644285: lsb-base: Disabled escape sequences

[Mats Erik Andersson <mats.andersson@gisladisker.se>]

> Do you intend to provide more info to this bug ? Without input, it will
> certainly not get fixed, either way.

I am alive, but without access to my Debian developping machines.
Twice I have written a response, but discarded the text. The problem
here is that on one hand the dependency boot migration is playing
russian roulette with booting messages, tossing them and tearing
every coherence apartr. On the other hand the non-portability of
built-in "echo" must be taken care of with "/bin/echo".

It would be meaningful to document the explicit and implicit
means of formatting messages available today, but it also
doubtful whether to announce such content which would by its
very nature implicitly encourage authors to use such mechanisms,
means of which you are rightfully skeptical. I am still pondering
on this matter, though!

Best regards,
  Mats Erik Andersson, DM