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

[C R <cajhne gmail com>]

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 <weskaggs gmail com> 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 <cajhne gmail com> 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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