[PATCH] Fancy rc startup style RFC

[Bruce M Simpson]

On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 10:46:09AM -0400, Coleman Kane wrote:
> My point is that we should let our purist values get in the way of others'
> enhanced experience using the system.

My view is: We take the patch, as long as it doesn't interfere with
the internal machinations of rc too much.

There are good aesthetic and functional arguments on either side.
Given the excellent work on rc to date, we have clean abstractions
in rc itself, so fitting colour-aesthetics in does not have a high
maintenance cost.

I agree strongly with the functional arguments however and think that
this stuff shouldn't be turned on by default. I think that it should be
available in the base system for those who wish it.

I feel that this should be both for aesthetic reasons and for promoting
FreeBSD to the ultimate end, that is, to potential users, who may find
it easier to relate to FreeBSD if the console messages are in colour,
no matter how irrational that may seem to some!

Regards,
BMS