It is easy to work around this issue if it bothers you (wrapper script / display exit status in PS1). That's the whole point - it is easy to make applications t

It is easy to work around this issue if it bothers you (wrapper script / display exit status in PS1). That's the whole point - it is easy to make applications talk if they are quiet by default, but it is much more difficult to make them be quiet and only talk when necessary if they are noisy by default.