Re: Issue 2214 in lilypond: "fatal error" reported when version is too old but correct output is still generated

[christopher-heckman]

Janek Warchoł wrote
> 2012/1/12 -Eluze <

> eluzew@

> >:
>> the word error should be reserved for severe situations, there are other
>> words to direct the attention to such discrepancies. for the actual
>> "error"
>> a pointer, a note or another kind of message would suffice.
> 
> I think it would be more informative it this was a Warning, not an
> Error.  Especially
> 
> fatal error: failed files [..]
> 
> is misleading in my opinion.

I concur. "Warning: Version not found" explains what is going on, much
better.

As Gus Baird once said, when something goes wrong in a program, you should
inform a user in the least surprising way.

--- Christopher Heckman




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