netdev - Re: [PATCH v3] iproute2: color: default to dark background

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Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 18:51:01 +0100
From: Edward Cree <ecree.xilinx@...il.com>
To: Gedalya <gedalya@...alya.net>, David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] iproute2: color: default to dark background

On 29/05/2024 17:36, Gedalya wrote:
> That's not possible.

Then in cases where the tool can't determine the answer, it
 should not be using colour at all unless explicitly instructed
 to do so, either on the command-line or in runtime
 configuration like dotfiles, /etc, or envvars.
"In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess."[1]

> The fact remains that the code currently makes an
> assumption and I don't see why it is better than
> the other way around.

Because changing it would break it for people for whom it
 currently works.  That's a regression, and regressions are
 worse than existing bugs, ceteris paribus.
"Assess[ing] what is more common" won't change that.

-ed

[1]: https://peps.python.org/pep-0020/#the-zen-of-python