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From: "Paweł Hajdan
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] have portage be quiet by default
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 10:49:52
Message-Id: 4EBFA088.5020108@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] have portage be quiet by default by Patrick Lauer
1 On 11/12/11 11:24 PM, Patrick Lauer wrote:
2 > Most devs will be unhappy as it makes it harder to view the log while
3 > building.
4
5 We can have a different default in the developer profile.
6
7 > Please consider reverting it and let users set it with
8 > EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS if they want it less noisy.
9
10 Why don't people who want it more noisy use EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS in a
11 similar way? I generally agree with the comment that in most cases it's
12 just like a screensaver. We should just make sure the logs can be
13 retrieved later if needed.
14
15 One note though: sometimes build or test hangs at some point. There are
16 situations where it's useful to see the current build output.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] have portage be quiet by default Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>