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by bravetraveler 1511 days ago
I would've supported this

I have cowsay installed on random systems for the occasional novelty. There's no case where I want it consistently

It makes the output a slog except for the shortest and simplest of plays... and is surely confusing for new users.

The default to use it means I have an unknowable number of `ansible.cfg` files spread across projects with exactly two lines:

   [defaults]
   nocows=True
Routinely making more when I'm inevitably reminded of the parameter... because I'm using a new project on a controller that happens to have cowsay installed

I could set the environment variable for my shell... but it's not as portable (eg: contributors would have to do the same)

I'd find more joy from this if it was random, say 1/10 runs

Most people know about this parameter against their will. This fun is more burden than fun.

It comes off more like a forced joke that everyone needs explained