GNU bug report logs - #77917
31.0.50; [PATCH] Stop using the "stop" sign for all warning levels

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Protesilaos Stavrou <prot <at> protesilaos.com>

Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2025 07:25:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Found in version 31.0.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #103 received at 77917 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: yantar92 <at> posteo.net, 77917 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, prot <at> protesilaos.com,
 juri <at> linkov.net
Subject: Re: bug#77917: 31.0.50; [PATCH] Stop using the "stop" sign for all
 warning levels
Date: Tue, 06 May 2025 14:53:49 +0200

>>>>> On Tue, 06 May 2025 14:29:34 +0300, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> said:

    Eli> Really?  So we've just made another full circle back to the beginning?
    Eli> Where someone said, and I agree, that showing ⚠️ explains itself worse
    Eli> than the existing symbol, because it could be easily interpreted as
    Eli> meaning just "Warning".

But ⛔ means "you have done something wrong", at least to some.

How about we just drop the icon completely?

Robert
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