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Re: gEDA-user: [RFC 6/6] Generation of log files

I'm pretty sure last time I turned them "off"  some were still made.

yes i know what the bug report and the like, i think i griped about it  
on list. and resorted to a makefile that deletes them.

Hardkrash

On Jan 19, 2009, at 11:05 AM, Peter TB Brett wrote:

> On Monday 19 January 2009 18:56:08 Steven Michalske wrote:
>> On Jan 17, 2009, at 7:56 AM, Ales Hvezda wrote:
>>>> Currently, running any gEDA suite program leaves behind a log  
>>>> file in
>>>> the current working directory. I would like to change the default
>>>> to not
>>>> generating log files, so that I (and other users who use the  
>>>> default
>>>> configuration) don't end up with gschem.log and gnetlist.log files
>>>> scattered over their entire filesystem. Any objections?
>>>
>>> 	No objections, but the first user who posts a mysterious error
>>> report with no information (where the clarifying info would be in  
>>> the
>>> disabled log file), you get the honor of playing 20 questions and
>>> telling
>>> them how to enable the log file and dealing with all the whining  
>>> which
>>> will result.
>>
>> how about an option that turns them off?
>>
>> but default them to on, so that a an experienced geda user can turn
>> them off but the new users have the clutter/tmp dir.
>
> There already is such an option. However, because I like to eat my own
> dogfood, I almost use gEDA with the default settings. If the default  
> settings
> are annoying me (and it seems I'm not the only one who it annoys in  
> this
> case), I investigate how they can be improved.
>
> This way I can help make sure that gEDA is user-friendly "out of the  
> box".
> "Our defaults suck but you can configure it easily!!!!111" is a lame  
> excuse,
> IMHO.
>
>                                      Peter
>
> -- 
> Peter Brett
>
> Electronic Systems Engineer
> Integral Informatics Ltd
>
>
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