how much beer do I need to get this patch applied?

[Jo Rhett]

On Jun 20, 2007, at 10:21 AM, Javier Henderson wrote:
>>> So if it's quiet, is it because it's OK, or because it's too  
>>> broken to
>>> complain?
>>
>> If it's too broken to complain, then the behavior is the same with or
>> without this patch.
>
> I'm just referring to the assertion that the Unix model is to be  
> quiet when everything is OK. Maybe it's a personal preference, I  
> guess.

No difference.  If every day you get dozens of messages saying "No  
output from 5 commands" then you'll never know that a problem  
occurred because the message is the same.

And more than likely, you just delete the messages every morning  
without reading them anyway -- which is worse.

So the net effect of this change is zero, except that you can disable  
getting useless messages and thus if you do get e-mail you know that  
a problem has been happened and you won't ignore it.

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