netdev - Re: iproute2: color output should assume dark background

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Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 14:36:46 +0200
From: Dragan Simic <dsimic@...jaro.org>
To: Sirius <sirius@...dheim.com>
Cc: Gedalya <gedalya@...alya.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: iproute2: color output should assume dark background

On 2024-05-23 09:57, Sirius wrote:
> Maybe colouring the output by default isn't such a wise idea as 
> utilities
> reading the output now must strip control-codes before the output can 
> be
> parsed. Why not leave it as an option via the -c[olor] switch like 
> before?

How about this as a possible solution...  If Debian configures the 
terminal
emulators it ships to use dark background, why not configure the ip(8) 
utility
the same way, i.e. by setting COLORFGBG in files placed in the 
/etc/profile.d
directory, which would also be shipped by Debian?

That wouldn't be a perfect solution, of course, but would be more 
consistent.
Debian ships terminal emulators configured one way, so the ip(8) should 
also
be shipped configured (mind you, not patched) the same way.