>> There may be people trying to use Geeqie who struggle just to download a >> tar and do a make. For them, compiler warnings are an unnecessary worry, >> because they do not understand that the warnings are in fact irrelevant >> to them. > I don't think that people who struggle over that output will ever > compile geeqie themself. They use the version, the distribution is > giving him. > I understand your point of view, but I am not in complete agreement.
I can do a few things with software, but I have no patience when I am trying to get other people's software to run. If I download something from the interweb, do a configure/make and get a screen-full of messages, I will not spend any time trying to understand it. I will find another app and try that. I would rather leave endless messages that may or may not be meaningful to the profis. I much prefer programs that, if they create a run-able binary, show no message other than "It works, try it". I would prefer Geeqie to be that way, but I am also happy for it to stay as it is. To continue the point of making it easy for newcomers to use Geeqie, I would perhaps like to see a copy of the Help file on geeqie.org so that people may read it before trying a download. I will also (sometime) try to create some screenshots for the geeqie.org page. A few days ago, for the first time in years, I read the Geeqie Help file. Traumatic. I think it does not create a good impression of Geeqie. Since then I have spent far more time than I wanted to trying to improve it. In a few days time I will put the files into a branch on the repository so that people may comment on it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? Monitors network bandwidth and traffic patterns at an interface-level. Reveals which users, apps, and protocols are consuming the most bandwidth. Provides multi-vendor support for NetFlow, J-Flow, sFlow and other flows. Make informed decisions using capacity planning reports. https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/305295220;132659582;e _______________________________________________ Geeqie-devel mailing list Geeqie-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geeqie-devel
