On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 09:12, seth vidal wrote: > > Well, apt does it and it's invaluable to detect mirrors which suddenly > > stop working as fast as they used to. > > > > and I've always considered apt's output to be daunting to a new user. > > -sv > > > The traditional solution to a problem like that would be to include a -v/--verbose option. Any reason not to do that? --Brad
