Hi Maren,
Ok, I can do that. There have been more than usual messages (in
forum) over the last few months, about extensions that are throwing out
traceback messages, or that aren't working. Do you want to hear about them
all? Or just those I run into on my own?
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From: "Maren Hachmann" <ma...@goos-habermann.de>
Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2015 1:01 PM
To: <inkscape-docs@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [Inkscape-docs] bad link in Extension Repository
> Hi Brynn,
>
> thank you very much for going through that list :D !
>
> Am 08.11.2015 um 20:53 schrieb Brynn:
>> Uummm.... I was just checking that the links worked today. A few
>> needed
>> the links to be fixed (3 or 4). And a few with non-working links I left
>> there, because the error was either "can't find the server" or time-outs,
>> which is different from "no such URL on this server". The former (2 or
>> 3)
>> could become resolved on their own, but the latter (1 or 2) I thought
>> were
>> probably dead.
>
> - Which ones are those that are not reachable? If the server can't be
> found, it has probably gone offline (either temporarily or forever).
> Could you maybe re-check in a week, and if they still don't work by
> then, remove them?
>
>> But for the other things you asked, I'm going to need a good deal of
>> explaining. What is this about moving the unit conversion functions?
>> What
>> are unit conversion functions? And how will I know that's why an
>> extension
>> doesn't work?
>
> - When you encounter an extension that doesn't work, just copy the error
> message here or in a private mail. (I'm not asking you to try them all
> systematically, only to tell someone when you stumble over one that
> shows an error ;) ).
>
> Kind regards,
> Maren
>
>> Maybe better to explain that off the list? br...@inkscapecommunity.com
>>
>> All best,
>> brynn
>>
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>> From: "Maren Hachmann" <ma...@goos-habermann.de>
>> Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2015 9:49 AM
>> To: <inkscape-docs@lists.sourceforge.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-docs] bad link in Extension Repository
>>
>>> Thank you, Brynn, that's a good idea :D
>>>
>>> (if you ever encounter one that does no longer work with 0.91 - most
>>> probably because of moving the unit conversion functions - could you add
>>> that info there and notify either the author, or us? That specific error
>>> is very easy to fix, so we could make the extension accessible again -
>>> if the license allows it ;) )
>>>
>>> Maren
>>>
>>> Am 08.11.2015 um 08:11 schrieb Brynn:
>>>> Hi Maren,
>>>> Sure, I'll go and delete it now.
>>>> I don't think there probably are very many others like that. I
>>>> use
>>>> that page a lot, and this is the first one I've seen. However, I don't
>>>> mind
>>>> looking at each one, just to make sure.
>>>>
>>>> All best,
>>>> brynn
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>> From: "Maren Hachmann" <ma...@goos-habermann.de>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2015 9:14 AM
>>>> To: <inkscape-docs@lists.sourceforge.net>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-docs] bad link in Extension Repository
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Brynn,
>>>>>
>>>>> I think it's safe to remove it. It won't be of help to anyone like
>>>>> this.
>>>>> Would you like to do that?
>>>>>
>>>>> (the page has not seen any larger overhaul since 2012, so I guess
>>>>> there
>>>>> will probably be many extensions on it that won't work anymore, or
>>>>> have
>>>>> dead links...)
>>>>>
>>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>> Maren
>>>>>
>>>>> Am 07.11.2015 um 05:02 schrieb Brynn:
>>>>>> Hi Friends,
>>>>>> I've found an extension in the Repository with a not found
>>>>>> url.
>>>>>> I'm
>>>>>> not sure who looks after this page, if anyone does. Should it just
>>>>>> be
>>>>>> left
>>>>>> alone until the extension author comes to fix it? Or should it be
>>>>>> deleted?
>>>>>> Anyway, it's 1.39 Badge Renderer.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> brynn
>>>>>>
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