linux-kernel - Re: "Re: [PATCH 0/2] Colored kernel output (run2)" + "`Subject:' usage"

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Date:	Sun, 07 Oct 2007 20:47:52 +0200
From:	Rene Herman <rene.herman@...access.nl>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	Oleg Verych <olecom@...wer.upol.cz>,
	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>,
	Medve Emilian-EMMEDVE1 <Emilian.Medve@...escale.com>,
	Helge Deller <deller@....de>
Subject: Re: "Re: [PATCH 0/2] Colored kernel output (run2)" + "`Subject:'
 usage"

On 10/07/2007 06:12 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote:

> * Oleg Verych <olecom@...wer.upol.cz> wrote:

>> Coloring isn't useful. If it was, it would be implemented ~16 years
>> ago.
> 
> Congratulations, this is the most stupid argument i've ever read on 
> lkml.

"Ay. World is finished. Everyone can go home and watch Friends reruns now."

But well, there actually have been worse arguments given that VGA console is 
getting less and less important. I recently did a perusal of alternative 
distributions and didn't find a single one that didn't default to having a 
splash screen hide the kernel during boot (and if I'm not mistaken, only one 
of them provided me with the option during installation to not boot into X 
immediately afterwards).

Sure, that in itself needn't necesarily be of concern to anyone who, err, is 
not concerned but any such colouring feature appearing when there's only a 
smathering of people left that still cares about the VGA console in the 
first place really isn't all _that_ far out as an argument...

Rene.
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