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

Previous Next

Full log

Message #109 received at 77917 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
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 18:38:44 +0300

> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: juri <at> linkov.net,  yantar92 <at> posteo.net,  77917 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
>   prot <at> protesilaos.com
> 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.

Which is why someone suggested to use ✖ or ❌.

> How about we just drop the icon completely?

And go for another circle?  It was you who suggested to go back to am
icon, based on an example of a similar feature posted by Juri.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.