Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
I'd certainly prefer it if the beep was turned *off* by default,
but I'm not sure if that's what everyone prefers. This is why I
opted for keeping the current behavior and making my personal
preference an option :)
The beep didn't appear until 5.X (and generated quite a few complaints),
so the weight of history is behind no beep! The only argument in favour
of the beep that I ever so was headless machines. I suspect this could
easily turn into a bit of a bikeshed, and a way to turn off beeps
without patching boot.S every time would be good regardless of what the
default is. But my vote definitely goes for: headless=beep, headed=no
beep. IMHO, the beep in 5.X astonished me (in a minor, but particularly
irritating, way) and I bet you'd get lots of people saying "thank you
for getting rid of that damn beep". The trouble I see with
on-by-default is that many people won't realise they can now turn it
off. I probably shouldn't suggest that it should be an option in
sysinstall ;-)
--Alex
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