Josip Rodin wrote: >> I disagree. That's common statistics, printed in the end of each >> install/remove operation. > > The program hasn't done anything to affect any statistics. Do you really see > any point to printing the zeroes, and if so could you clarify it? That's right, command hasn't done anything, that fact is represented by zeroes in statistics. There is the point - print statistics always after install/remove operations. >>> It's a badly designed message, because it slows down people's scanning of >>> the screen -- it's common for the error message to be printed last. :) >> I disagree. Look at gcc/make, for example, actual error may be printed several >> pages before the end for messages. > > So, another bad example somehow makes this bad example - all right? :) Generally speaking, there was no some bad errors during apt's run. And I don't think that apt or gcc or make are definitely bad examples. It's discussible, though. > Please don't do obviously contentious changes to bugs without notifying > others (which you did by mailing the quiet bug address). This is not true. Quiet bug address is 168465-quiet@. All our discussions are sent to 168465@, so other developers received them too. -- Eugene V. Lyubimkin aka JackYF, JID: jackyf.devel(maildog)gmail.com Ukrainian C++ developer, Debian Maintainer, APT contributor
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