Re: gEDA-bug: [Bug 710599] Re: gschem: be less verbose on start-up

[Steven Michalske <710599@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As a software developer I'd agree but as a user I don't.   Users should
not be taught to ignore console output.  And the output is on the verge
of teaching users to ignore output.

If you look at logging levels as

Critical
Warning
Info
Debug

The user settings should be between warning and info.  Depending on the
user.

The above commentary is for messages not progress output.

Steve



On Jan 2, 2012, at 8:30 AM, Gareth Edwards <710599@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The logging doesn't look excessive to me.
> 
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> Title:
>  gschem: be less verbose on start-up
> 
> Status in GPL Electronic Design Automation tools:
>  New
> 
> Bug description:
>  On start-up gschem emits half a screen full of messages in the log
>  window. Most of it contains no information to the user if everything
>  is fine. There is:
> 
>  * The version string. 
>  -->  This is fine, because it provides an easy way to report the version in bug reports.
> 
>  * A header in legaleze ("ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY").
>  -->  I doubt, that this is a legal necessity. Did not see this kind of message in any other open source application.
> 
>  * Many messages about the configs read and parsed.
> 
>  * Searching foobar.sch
>  * Found foobar.sch
>   --> This is really like a debugging printf. When told to open a specific file, it should do so silently and only warn if it could not open the file for some reason.
> 
>  Suggestion: 
>  Limit the output on start-up to the version string by default. Only print the rest of the messages if the option --verbose is given.
> 
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Title:
  gschem: be less verbose on start-up

Status in GPL Electronic Design Automation tools:
  New

Bug description:
  On start-up gschem emits half a screen full of messages in the log
  window. Most of it contains no information to the user if everything
  is fine. There is:

  * The version string. 
  -->  This is fine, because it provides an easy way to report the version in bug reports.

  * A header in legaleze ("ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY").
  -->  I doubt, that this is a legal necessity. Did not see this kind of message in any other open source application.

  * Many messages about the configs read and parsed.
    
  * Searching foobar.sch
  * Found foobar.sch
   --> This is really like a debugging printf. When told to open a specific file, it should do so silently and only warn if it could not open the file for some reason.

  Suggestion: 
  Limit the output on start-up to the version string by default. Only print the rest of the messages if the option --verbose is given.

  ---<)kaimartin(>---

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