bazaar changes command prompt [ Bad Idea ]

Bug #250156 reported by Sam Williams
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Bazaar
Confirmed
Critical
Unassigned

Bug Description

I'm currently running Bazaar version 1.6b3 and discovered that the newest installation changed my command prompt for my bash shell. The change is clever, but this is not, and I repeat not a good thing to do. Its one thing to make a change to bazaar proper that will provide greater functionality or performance, but you should never make an application change that alters the general user experience. I have customized by prompt to provide information that helps safeguard me in many ways. Now that has been thrown out the window on a whim from the Bazaar developers.

Provide the option, but don't make the change. This type of upgrade is rude and completely unnecessary. Please change this to leave the prompt alone by default, but install a script that would allow this change if the users wanted it.

Bazaar (bzr) 1.6b3
  Python interpreter: /usr/bin/python 2.5.2
  Python standard library: /usr/lib/python2.5
  bzrlib: /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzrlib
  Bazaar configuration: /home/samurai/.bazaar
  Bazaar log file: /home/samurai/.bzr.log

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release: 8.04
Codename: hardy

Martin Albisetti (beuno)
Changed in bzr:
importance: Undecided → Critical
status: New → Confirmed
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