I don't think that's really true for other similar tools. E.g. "npm install" reports progress by default E.g. "git clone" shows progress by default.
On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Brian LeRoux <b...@brian.io> wrote: > The convention for UNIX tools is to be quiet by default and fail noisily. A > well writ script should exit quietly so you can chain commands. (Or pipe, > etc.) > > I'd prefer we added a --verbose flag. > > > On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Braden Shepherdson <bra...@chromium.org > >wrote: > > > I'd rather we call it -q and --quiet though; that's a pretty common > > convention for Unix tools. > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 3:35 PM, Braden Shepherdson <bra...@chromium.org > > >wrote: > > > > > +1 > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 3:31 PM, Andrew Grieve <agri...@chromium.org > > >wrote: > > > > > >> I think this was discussed before but I can't find the thread. > > >> > > >> Is anyone not in favour of making the tools verbose by default and > > having > > >> a > > >> --silent flag instead? > > >> > > >> Makes it much easier to get good debug reports and lets users know > when > > >> slow things are taking place. > > >> > > > > > > > > >
