Thread: Re: [HACKERS] Win32 WEXITSTATUS too
Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Tom Lane wrote: > > Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes: > > > Tom Lane wrote: > > >> It should not be there at all. Do you see URLs in any of our other > > >> error messages? > > > > > Sure, ideally, but how else can we give information about that hex > > > value? > > > > It's not the responsibility of that error message to tell someone to > > go look up the error number in Microsoft documentation. If they're > > clueful enough to make any sense of the number beyond the strerror > > translation we already provide, then they already know where to look. > > > > Even if it were the responsibility of the error message to suggest this, > > a URL seems far too transient. > > I agree; more so given that the URL points to the Wine project pages. > And it's not user documentation, but source code, which makes it less > appropriate. OK, so what suggestion do you have? I just proposed a few of them in my previous email. -- Bruce Momjian bruce@momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +
>>> Even if it were the responsibility of the error message to suggest this, >>> a URL seems far too transient. >> I agree; more so given that the URL points to the Wine project pages. >> And it's not user documentation, but source code, which makes it less >> appropriate. > > OK, so what suggestion do you have? I just proposed a few of them in my > previous email. > A good place for the URL might be in the win32 specific FAQ? //Magnus
Magnus Hagander wrote: > >>> Even if it were the responsibility of the error message to suggest this, > >>> a URL seems far too transient. > >> I agree; more so given that the URL points to the Wine project pages. > >> And it's not user documentation, but source code, which makes it less > >> appropriate. > > > > OK, so what suggestion do you have? I just proposed a few of them in my > > previous email. > > > > A good place for the URL might be in the win32 specific FAQ? The list is 1160 lines long, though, so I think it deserves its own URL. -- Bruce Momjian bruce@momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +
Bruce Momjian wrote: > Magnus Hagander wrote: >>>>> Even if it were the responsibility of the error message to suggest this, >>>>> a URL seems far too transient. >>>> I agree; more so given that the URL points to the Wine project pages. >>>> And it's not user documentation, but source code, which makes it less >>>> appropriate. >>> OK, so what suggestion do you have? I just proposed a few of them in my >>> previous email. >>> >> A good place for the URL might be in the win32 specific FAQ? > > The list is 1160 lines long, though, so I think it deserves its own URL. > Yes. I meant putting the URL in the FAQ, not the contents of the list. //Magnus
Magnus Hagander wrote: > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Magnus Hagander wrote: > >>>>> Even if it were the responsibility of the error message to suggest this, > >>>>> a URL seems far too transient. > >>>> I agree; more so given that the URL points to the Wine project pages. > >>>> And it's not user documentation, but source code, which makes it less > >>>> appropriate. > >>> OK, so what suggestion do you have? I just proposed a few of them in my > >>> previous email. > >>> > >> A good place for the URL might be in the win32 specific FAQ? > > > > The list is 1160 lines long, though, so I think it deserves its own URL. > > > Yes. I meant putting the URL in the FAQ, not the contents of the list. Oh, hmmm, I don't think people like having the URL linking outside our control, and I tend to agree with that. -- Bruce Momjian bruce@momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +