Re: git: 225639e7db68 - main - vt: Disable bell by default

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In reply to: Emmanuel Vadot : "git: 225639e7db68 - main - vt: Disable bell by default"
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From: Shawn Webb <shawn.webb_at_hardenedbsd.org>
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2021 13:57:04 UTC

On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 07:38:15AM +0000, Emmanuel Vadot wrote:
> The branch main has been updated by manu:
> 
> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=225639e7db685a4047e384abdbc296c0e02bd147
> 
> commit 225639e7db685a4047e384abdbc296c0e02bd147
> Author:     Emmanuel Vadot <manu@FreeBSD.org>
> AuthorDate: 2021-10-18 08:16:41 +0000
> Commit:     Emmanuel Vadot <manu@FreeBSD.org>
> CommitDate: 2021-10-19 07:37:28 +0000
> 
>     vt: Disable bell by default
>     
>     Bell is either useless if you're working on remote servers or really annoying
>     when you're working with a local machine that have a loud buzzer.
>     Switch the default to have it disable.

I have no objection to the change (or any opinion on the matter), but
I wonder if changes like this carry an accessibility impact. I wonder
if any hard-of-sight folks relied on the original behavior.

Just thinkin' out loud. ;-)

Thanks,

-- 
Shawn Webb
Cofounder / Security Engineer
HardenedBSD

https://git.hardenedbsd.org/hardenedbsd/pubkeys/-/raw/master/Shawn_Webb/03A4CBEBB82EA5A67D9F3853FF2E67A277F8E1FA.pub.asc