On Mon, 2006-09-25 at 14:08 +0200, Andre Klapper wrote: > Am Montag, den 25.09.2006, 07:13 -0400 schrieb Patrick O'Callaghan: > > On Mon, 2006-09-25 at 12:42 +0200, Andre Klapper wrote: > > > Am Samstag, den 16.09.2006, 11:14 -0400 schrieb Joe Polcari: > > > > Ok - why is Evolution using MS type error messages???? > > > > Why can't the error message say: > > > > > > > > "Your /etc/bonobo-activation/bonobo-activation-config.xml doesn't > > > > match what Evo expects. > > > > Are you sure you edited the XML file as per the instructions in the > > > > Evo README?" > > > > > > this leads to even more questions - which readme file? where is that one > > > located? how should a normal user know how to edit an xml file? does the > > > user have permissions to edit it at all? > > > > I think it's safe to assume that a user who's compiling Evo from the > > sources has the requisite permissions. If he's not compiling from the > > sources then he's installing a package and presumably this kind of error > > is not going to arise. > > this error can also pop up installing a pre-compiled package, afaik.
No doubt, but it should be fairly uncommon. If it happens it usually means the package is poorly constructed. Anyway, so as not to keep going round and round, the original point was that the error message could be clearer, and that remains true. poc _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
