Re: [Bug-wget] Use stderr instead of stdout for --ask-password

2011-02-24 Thread Giuseppe Scrivano
Micah Cowan mi...@cowan.name writes: Changing the prompt to stderr seems like a simple, single step forward towards proper usage. It's not perfect, but it strikes me as a good sight better than using stdout, which really ought to be reserved for program results-type output, IMO. I have

Re: [Bug-wget] Use stderr instead of stdout for --ask-password

2011-02-23 Thread Giuseppe Scrivano
Hello Gilles, thanks for your patch. I am not sure it is a good idea to use stderr to prompt a message to the user. I would just inhibit the message when -O- is used. Cheers, Giuseppe Gilles Carry gilles.ca...@st.com writes: Hello, Here is a small patch to change the ask-password

Re: [Bug-wget] Use stderr instead of stdout for --ask-password

2011-02-23 Thread Giuseppe Scrivano
Micah Cowan mi...@cowan.name writes: On 02/23/2011 01:23 AM, Giuseppe Scrivano wrote: Hello Gilles, thanks for your patch. I am not sure it is a good idea to use stderr to prompt a message to the user. I would just inhibit the message when -O- is used. Personally, I agree with Gilles;