[PATCH] birdc: wider columns in show protocol output

[Simon Ruderich]

On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 11:43:12AM +0200, Ondrej Zajicek wrote:
>>> The show protocol output gets more difficult to read with longer protocol
>>> names. This patch increases the column width to 15 characters.
>
> Well, i have mixed feelings about that. It makes sense for people using
> long protocol names, but it takes space from the last column where error
> messages are sometimes presented. But 8 chars is often not enough, so i
> am inclined to make the column wider.

I'd expect that most people use terminals which are wide enough
to handle a few extra characters. Or do you think 80 columns is
still common?

> Note that it breaks compatibility for tools parsing the output, so it is
> definitely not for 1.6.x, but we could merge in next major branch.

I see, thanks. I assumed that most people would use regexps to
parse the output, but you're right breaking backwards
compatibility is bad.

Regards
Simon
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