Fixing the problem is okay with me. I realise I'm an unusual user using trunk for production work. My boss would almost certainly misunderstand that warning, so I'm hoping I can continue to distract him from them while the problem is being fixed.
Does it need a new bug report? Thanks. -C On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 2:48 PM, Bill Skaggs <weska...@gmail.com> wrote: > That's not a user warning, it's a bug report intended for programmers, and > the proper solution is to fix the bug. It would probably be better if the > term "attachment" had been used from the start rather than "parasite", but > changing that now would be quite an involved process. > > Bill > > On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 3:22 AM, C R <caj...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> This message keeps popping up every time I open an image from dropbox >> : >> Execution error for procedure 'gimp-image-attach-parasite': >> 'gimp-comment' parasite validation failed: comment contains invalid UTF-8 >> >> I would at least suppress this warning by default if there's no good >> way of fixing the error. >> >> As a user, my first question would be: >> "Why is gimp trying to attach a parasite to my image?" >> >> Me second thought would be "What is a parasite?" Sounds like >> malware/tracking cookie type language. >> >> I recommend at least changing the verbiage of this warning. It's >> embarrassing at best, and at worst, might lead people to assume their >> copy of GIMP has malware. >> >> -C >> _______________________________________________ >> gimp-developer-list mailing list >> List address: gimp-developer-list@gnome.org >> List membership: >> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list >> List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list > > _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address: gimp-developer-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
