[Python-Dev] webbrowser.py: browser >/dev/null 2>&1 (original) (raw)
Oleg Broytmann phd at mail2.phd.pp.ru
Wed Mar 23 15:27:44 CET 2005
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On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 10:25:12AM -0300, Rodrigo Dias Arruda Senra wrote:
> Why do all graphical browsers are called with their stdout/stderr redirected > to /dev/null?
Under some linux distros (I'm positive for some Mdk releases), Mozilla is compiled dumping a lot of info to stdout/stderr. Since one of the goals of webbrowser is to give the end-user a stress-free experience, there goes the mentioned nullification .
I see the point. Still I don't know what is worse and more stressful
- to hide errors or to show errors. MandrakeZilla spits too much to stdout/err? That's certainly a problem. Should we "fix" it and hide from the user? I don't think so.
Oleg.
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