RE: poll re: 2.3.x features

[Alex Jacques]

I humbly submit a very small patch that I find very helpful.
This adds a -Q switch that makes Cons run quieter than the -q switch. In
particular commands are not echoed as they are executed and indications
of successful status (e.g. "blah-blah-blah up-to-date") are not printed.
Warnings and errors are still displayed though. Hence -Q is roughly
equivalent to GNU Make's -s. I find that this makes it a lot easier to
find warnings from the compiler, etc., in the output. The problem with
starting command lines with '@' is that the commands are never
displayed, so debugging Construct files, etc. is difficult.

This patch was created against cons V2.2.0
Changes to POD and "cons -x" output are included.

-----Original Message-----
From: address@hidden [mailto:address@hidden
Behalf Of Steven Knight
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 4:04 PM
To: address@hidden
Subject: poll re: 2.3.x features


Now that 2.2.0 is available, what do people want to see in the next
release(s)?

Be aware that the following are already planned:

    --  With the recent mailing-list interest in Gary Oberbrunner's
        AfterBuild patch, it'll be the next thing I integrate.

    --  Greg Spencer is working on a prototype restructuring
        to support his Windows NT extensions.  (Caveat:  this is likely
        to be extensive and may still take awhile.)

Send me your requests so I can prioritize.  Up to you whether or not
you want to generate discussion by CC:'ing the list.

        --SK


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