Jeremy S Bygott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi,
>> This is the expected behaviour, you'll keep getting the click through >> until XSane saves its .rc file, which it doesn't do when it encounters >> an error while opening the scanner. > > If you *like* this behaviour, then we must accept it. Okay. It's not that I like it, it's just that it's working the way it was designed/written to work... > When the user first accepts the licence (for version n), you could > - create the .sane/xsane directory (if necessary) > - store a minimal .rc file (recording that version number n was accepted) There's unfortunately no such thing as a "minimal" rc file, otherwise I would have gone this way long ago already :| > Do you dislike this *in theory*? (If it's too much trouble for too little > reward, I would understand, of course.) That's really how it should work, but you'll probably find out that it won't be easy to achieve, if memory serves me well. > PS: I have read and understood your reasons for the click through (132679). I > hesitate to suggest anything further on this delicate topic, but... I'm always open to suggestions on this topic as long as the suggestion isn't "just drop the thing", which goes against the author's will. > The top part is essentially the GPL no-warranty clause. The scroll-box was > for > the whole GPL (a few years ago) but now it is also essentially just the GPL > no-warranty clause. I suspect it's done that way so that the user can't go and tell "oh, I didn't see the no warranty clause" just because s/he hasn't scrolled down... > (Then maybe you can even close #132679 once and for all... ?) I'd like to close it, but I'd get a new one in no time, over and over again. As long as it's there, people know that this has been discussed and can read the discussion and rationale for the current status. That saves time for everybody :) JB. -- Julien BLACHE - Debian & GNU/Linux Developer - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Public key available on <http://www.jblache.org> - KeyID: F5D6 5169 GPG Fingerprint : 935A 79F1 C8B3 3521 FD62 7CC7 CD61 4FD7 F5D6 5169 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
