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  1. Bug #387717
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Comment 1 for bug 387717

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Robert Collins (lifeless) wrote : Re: [Bug 387717] [NEW] STDERR being abused for "trivial" output

Well, I think there is a choice between tradeoffs.

Its very hard for scripting to deal with progress bars and other such
'not the requested content' artifacts.

CLI programs get precisely two file descriptors to write to.

Suggestions about how to improve the situation without making life
harder for interactive or scripting users will be appreciated - but this
isn't a casual decision that we took.

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