Comment 8 for bug 387717
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| David I (david-ingamells) wrote Re: [Bug 387717] Re: only send progress bars to stderr if it's a tty | #8 |
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Martin Pool wrote:
> This bug has shifted a bit from David's original filing. Here's the
> rationale:
>
> - He originally asked for progress bars not to be sent to stderr. If we are going to show progress bars, there is no better place to send them.
>
I recognise and accept that, but still stand by my point that
non-critical output should _only_ go to stderr _if_invited_ to do so....
> - He also asked for progress bars to be off by default; I'm not going to do that but there is another bug 388275 asking for a way to permanently turn them off in a file. You can turn them off in current trunk using BZR_PROGRESS_
>
... therefore they should be off be default.
> - He's correct that we don't handle some cases of redirection correctly.
>
>
Nice to know I got something right ;^)