Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [HEY TOM!] unhelpful error for unreadable directories

[Tom Lord]

    > From: Aaron Bentley <address@hidden>

    >> But this subdir stuff:  you're not talking about "saving the day".
    >> You're talking about saving somebody, what, say an average of 10m
    >> puzzling over a rare, confusing error message?

    > No, since this error will typically happen during or before
    > their tla import, these will tend to be new users.  And they'll
    > conclude that tla is borked and chuck it.

FUD is not an argument.

    > And if they get an error message that tla was unable to test for the 
    > existance of {arch} in subdirectory that isn't supposed to have one

    > a) they may conclude that tla requires an {arch} in every subdir

Then write the error message carefully to avoid that confusion.

    > b) they may conclude that tla is borked and chuck it

I stopped reading here.

-t