Re: [Monotone-devel] Release time - au stdio update

[CooSoft Support]

Thomas Keller wrote:
> Am 27.05.2010 12:56, schrieb Stephen Leake:
>   
> > Thomas Keller <address@hidden> writes:
> >
> >     
> > > Am 27.05.2010 10:22, schrieb CooSoft Support:
> > >       
> > > >    Sounds like a great idea to me, especially the 1.0 bit :-)).
> > > >
> > > >    However one minor point about the impending release (what ever
> > > > version it may be) :-(...
> > > >
> > > >    I was looking at the changes for the next release and noticed the au
> > > > update command. Great, but why does it's progress messages go out on
> > > > stderr, should that not go out on stdout in the normal output stream
> > > > (possibly in stanza format)? 
> > > >         
> > First, a little background, just so we are all on the same page.
> > [...]
> >     
> > > Yes, this is indeed a bug. Stephe, could you please have a look at
> > > this?
> > >       
> > I don't think this is a bug; I think it's a good example of 'au stdio'
> > streams, and an unfortunate side effect of the progress stream when not
> > using stdio.
> >     
>
> Thanks for the explanation :) I haven't looked into the exact issue from
> Tony - I thought though that he meant there is out-of-band stderr output
> when using update over stdio. But if its all about progress messages he
> complains about, then these should be properly streamed to the 'p'
> (progress) stream already. If not, then that is a bug :)
>   
Ok sorry for the confusion. I don't have access to my dev box at the 
moment. When Thomas suggested a new release I looked at the release 
notes and documentation regarding au stdio changes and read up on the 
new update command. Virtually all other au commands if not all simply 
mention what comes out on stdout by implication (apart from the barfing 
to stderr and exiting on error bit), update specifically mentioned 
stderr with reference to progress output, hence my, unfounded, concern. 
Monotone::AutomateStdio is totally based on au stdio so having it pop 
out on the p stream is what would be expected.

I got the wrong end of the stick from the documentation - sorry for the 
time wasted... :-(

Tony.