netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2-next] color: disable color when json output is requested

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Message-ID: <20180220160455.1e89c0be@xeon-e3>
Date:   Tue, 20 Feb 2018 16:04:55 -0800
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     Vincent Bernat <vincent@...nat.im>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2-next] color: disable color when json output is
 requested

On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 00:28:04 +0100
Vincent Bernat <vincent@...nat.im> wrote:

> Instead of declaring -color and -json exclusive, ignore -color when
> -json is provided. The rationale is to allow to put -color in an alias
> for ip while still being able to use -json. -color is merely a
> presentation suggestion and we can assume there is nothing to color in
> the JSON output.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vincent Bernat <vincent@...nat.im>

Looks fine to me, this could even go into master.
Need to update man page and make sure behavior is consistent
across ip, tc, and bridge commands.