[Python-Dev] webbrowser.py: browser >/dev/null 2>&1

[Rodrigo Dias Arruda Senra]

On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 15:40:20 +0300
Oleg Broytmann <phd at oper.phd.pp.ru> wrote:

> Hello!
> 
>    While I'm working on webbrowser...

Great.

> 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 <wink>.

In a development environment, a developer should not find difficulty to reverse
that if needed.


>    I'd like to remove all those redirects. Any opinion?
-1 for me.

best regards,
Rod Senra