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

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Message-ID: <Zk8-Tq733F8pgMB4@photonic.trudheim.com>
Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 15:02:06 +0200
From: Sirius <sirius@...dheim.com>
To: Dragan Simic <dsimic@...jaro.org>
Cc: Gedalya <gedalya@...alya.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: iproute2: color output should assume dark background

In days of yore (Thu, 23 May 2024), Dragan Simic thus quoth: 
> 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 makes more sense.

> 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.

This is a much better argument - Thank you. Something for the
distributions to consider should they turn on the colour by default.

-- 
Kind regards,

/S