Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP - the parasites are back

[C R]

Fixing the problem is okay with me. I realise I'm an unusual user
using trunk for production work. My boss would almost certainly
misunderstand that warning, so I'm hoping I can continue to distract
him from them while the problem is being fixed.

Does it need a new bug report?

Thanks.
-C

On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 2:48 PM, Bill Skaggs  wrote:
> That's not a user warning, it's a bug report intended for programmers, and
> the proper solution is to fix the bug.  It would probably be better if the
> term "attachment" had been used from the start rather than "parasite", but
> changing that now would be quite an involved process.
>
> Bill
>
> On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 3:22 AM, C R  wrote:
>>
>> This message keeps popping up every time I open an image from dropbox
>> :
>> Execution error for procedure 'gimp-image-attach-parasite':
>> 'gimp-comment' parasite validation failed: comment contains invalid UTF-8
>>
>> I would at least suppress this warning by default if there's no good
>> way of fixing the error.
>>
>> As a user, my first question would be:
>> "Why is gimp trying to attach a parasite to my image?"
>>
>> Me second thought would be "What is a parasite?" Sounds like
>> malware/tracking cookie type language.
>>
>> I recommend at least changing the verbiage of this warning. It's
>> embarrassing at best, and at worst, might lead people to assume their
>> copy of GIMP has malware.
>>
>> -C
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Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP - the parasites are back

[Bill Skaggs]

That's not a user warning, it's a bug report intended for programmers, and
the proper solution is to fix the bug.  It would probably be better if the
term "attachment" had been used from the start rather than "parasite", but
changing that now would be quite an involved process.

Bill

On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 3:22 AM, C R  wrote:

> This message keeps popping up every time I open an image from dropbox
> :
> Execution error for procedure 'gimp-image-attach-parasite':
> 'gimp-comment' parasite validation failed: comment contains invalid UTF-8
>
> I would at least suppress this warning by default if there's no good
> way of fixing the error.
>
> As a user, my first question would be:
> "Why is gimp trying to attach a parasite to my image?"
>
> Me second thought would be "What is a parasite?" Sounds like
> malware/tracking cookie type language.
>
> I recommend at least changing the verbiage of this warning. It's
> embarrassing at best, and at worst, might lead people to assume their
> copy of GIMP has malware.
>
> -C
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> developer-list
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[Gimp-developer] GIMP - the parasites are back

[C R]

This message keeps popping up every time I open an image from dropbox
:
Execution error for procedure 'gimp-image-attach-parasite':
'gimp-comment' parasite validation failed: comment contains invalid UTF-8

I would at least suppress this warning by default if there's no good
way of fixing the error.

As a user, my first question would be:
"Why is gimp trying to attach a parasite to my image?"

Me second thought would be "What is a parasite?" Sounds like
malware/tracking cookie type language.

I recommend at least changing the verbiage of this warning. It's
embarrassing at best, and at worst, might lead people to assume their
copy of GIMP has malware.

-C
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