Bug#586171: respect $TERM and/or provide --no-color

[Reinhard Tartler]

On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 07:47:30 (CEST), jidanni at jidanni.org wrote:

> # apt-cache policy ffmpeg
> ffmpeg:
>   Installed: 5:0.6~svn20100603-0.0
>   Candidate: 5:0.6~svn20100603-0.0
>   Version table:
>  *** 5:0.6~svn20100603-0.0 0
>         500 http://ftp.tw.debian.org sid/main Packages
>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>      4:0.6-1 0
>         990 http://ftp.tw.debian.org experimental/main Packages
>      4:0.5.2-1 0
>         500 http://ftp.tw.debian.org unstable/main Packages

$ rmadison -u qa ffmpeg
    ffmpeg | 0.cvs20060823-8 |     etch-m68k | source, m68k
    ffmpeg | 0.cvs20060823-8+etch1 |     oldstable | source, alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc
    ffmpeg | 0.svn20080206-18 |        stable | alpha, amd64, arm, armel, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc
    ffmpeg | 0.svn20080206-18+lenny1 | proposed-updates | alpha, amd64, arm, armel, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc
    ffmpeg |  4:0.5.1-3 |      unstable | source, hurd-i386
    ffmpeg |  4:0.5.2-1 |       testing | source, amd64, armel, hppa, i386, ia64, kfreebsd-amd64, kfreebsd-i386, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc
    ffmpeg |  4:0.5.2-1 |      unstable | source, alpha, amd64, armel, hppa, i386, ia64, kfreebsd-amd64, kfreebsd-i386, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc
    ffmpeg | 4:0.6~svn20100505-1 |  experimental | source, kfreebsd-amd64, kfreebsd-i386, mipsel, powerpc
    ffmpeg |    4:0.6-1 |  experimental | source, amd64, i386, ia64, mips, sparc


> Also it is wrong to assume all TERMs can deal with color.
> Also it is wrong not to document that NO_COLOR environment variable.

If you want to propose a specific patch, please post it to
ffmpeg-devel at mplayerhq.hu to get it reviewed.


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