Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: have portage be quiet by default

[Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>]

On 11/14/2011 10:14 AM, Ian Stakenvicius wrote:
> On 14/11/11 01:07 PM, Zac Medico wrote:
>> On 11/14/2011 09:38 AM, Dale wrote:
>>> As I type:
>>>
>>> emerge should show build output by default (unless --quiet-build=y) 42%
>>>
>>> So far that's the winner.  As I posted earlier, people expect things to
>>> work like they have always worked.  I say that as a user.
> 
>> As I've explained in my post to that forum thread [1], you have to
>> factor in the "silent majority" that welcomes the change and does not
>> express it publicly.
> 
> Uhh..  isn't that like saying, in a general election, "you have to take
> into account all the people that don't vote" ??  Just sayin'...

You've snipped my comment about human nature, which is that those who
are displeased with the changed more likely to speak up than those who
welcome the change.

> My $0.02 is that, after 50-60 (or more? i lost count) posts on whether
> this flag is set or not, and what seems to be entrenchment instead of
> consolidation on either side, maybe this should be put on the agenda at
> the next Council meeting -- 5 mins of debate + a vote and the argument
> is done, right?

That sound fair to me. Maybe not entirely "statistically fair", but that
can only ever be approximated anyway.
-- 
Thanks,
Zac