[OpenAFS-devel] bos listusers NPERLINE

[Jeffrey Hutzelman]

On Monday, March 19, 2007 04:05:36 PM -0400 Chaskiel M Grundman 
<cg2v@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:

> --On Monday, March 19, 2007 02:57:28 PM -0400 Chaskiel M Grundman
> <cg2v@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
>
>> IIRC, some vi's have a line length limit.
>> I can't use awk to interactively edit the file.
>
> Actually, ignore that. I failed to actually pay attention to the context
> and thought this was about the UserList file, and not the output of bos
> listusers. (I still think that it's more consistent to add newlines
> rather than remove them).

So do I.  I also see value in interactive commands not producing all of 
their output on a single very long line.  If this changes at all, it should 
either produce one entry per line or make some effort to break at points 
based on the terminal width.

FWIW, I also see value in not making gratuitous changes, either to code or 
to interfaces.  As with any proposed change, the burden here should be upon 
those proposing the change to demonstrate why it is good or necessary, and 
"I don't like how it looks now" is not really a sufficient reason.

This:

> So anyone against deleting this "feature" better come with a good
> argument which I can't smash with "you should use awk for that".

... is not an appropriate model for introducing changes, especially 
backward-incompatible changes to interfaces.

-- Jeff