Re: Errors during startup

2016-12-17 Thread Eric S. Raymond
Hal Murray : > [was broadcastclient] > > e...@thyrsus.com said: > >> Should that sort of trap fail to start? Will users get surprised > >> when they miss the error message or annoyed when they know > >> what to expect but they have to work harder to try it? > > > I'm a big fan of failing noisily

Errors during startup

2016-12-16 Thread Hal Murray
[was broadcastclient] e...@thyrsus.com said: >> Should that sort of trap fail to start? Will users get surprised >> when they miss the error message or annoyed when they know >> what to expect but they have to work harder to try it? > I'm a big fan of failing noisily and early in circumstances l