How about "Information" messages, since that is what this really is?

Regards,
Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Art Hunkins" 
To: 
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 1:43 PM
Subject: [Csnd] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Csound 5.08Beta


>I would prefer that the WARNING messages not be printed either.
>
> This issue has been discussed earlier. The point is that for the average 
> user, the messages are misunderstood, and are thus misleading and 
> frustrating.
>
> Again, I vote for their elimination.
>
> Art Hunkins
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michael Gogins" 
> To: 
> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 12:45 PM
> Subject: [Csnd] Re: Re: Re: Re: Csound 5.08Beta
>
>
> The PYTHONPATH environment variable should specify the complete path to 
> the
> directory containing csnd.pyd, in addition to whatever used to be in the
> PYTHONPATH variable.
>
> This is assuming that you want to use Python features of Csound AND that 
> you
> already have installed Python 2.5.
>
> If you do not want to use the Python features, remove csnd.dll, _csnd.pyd,
> CsoundAC.pyd, _CsoundAC.pyd, and py.dll from your Csound installation.
>
> The warning messages are only WARNING messages, they are not ERROR
> messsages. They do not mean Csound will not work. If they meant Csound 
> will
> not work they would be ERROR messages.
>
> I would prefer it if these messages were not even printed, but other 
> Csound
> developers prefer them to be printed.
>
> The 5.08 Windows installer attempts to detect if Python is installed on 
> your
> system, and to give you a choice whether or not to install the Python
> features.
>
> Please let me know if you do, or do not, have Python 2.5 installed on your
> computer.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Marc Demers" 
> To: 
> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 9:11 AM
> Subject: [Csnd] Re: Re: Re: Csound 5.08Beta
>
>
>> The Python path should be write like this:
>>
>> PYTHONPATH= ;C:\Program Files\Csound\bin
>>
>> If C is where your Program Files is...
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Uğur Güney" 
>> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 6:17 AM
>> To: 
>> Subject: [Csnd] Re: Re: Csound 5.08Beta
>>
>>> # Hi,
>>> # I'm experiencing a problem under XP, but I am not sure that it is
>>> specific to the version 5.08.
>>> # After the installation (and restarting the computer) I have all the
>>> system variables set correctly: CSOUNDRC, OPCODEDIR64, Path,
>>> RAWWAVE_PATH etc. I moved away the "py.dll" from the csound\plugins64
>>> folder. (This is said in the manual that one should remove that file
>>> for not getting the python not found error.)
>>> # But I am always getting two warnings:
>>>
>>> WARNING: could not open library 'I:\Csound5.08\plugins64\csnd.dll' (-1)
>>> and
>>> This application has failed to start because python25.dll was not 
>>> found...
>>>
>>> # First one does not affect the sound output. Csound renders normally
>>> and I am sure that the file is there. Is csnd.dll not very important?
>>> :-)
>>> # And I have PYHTONPATH = csound\bin in my system variables.
>>> # Do you have any idea why this is happening?
>>> # Have a nice day!
>>> -ugur-
>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 8:39 PM, Anthony Kozar
>>>  wrote:
>>>> Right.  I did not update the front page because it was suggested on the
>>>> developer list that we only announce the beta release to the mailing 
>>>> lists
>>>> and ask people to test it for us.  The page will be updated when the 
>>>> final
>>>> non-beta version of 5.08 is released.
>>>>
>>>> Anthony Kozar
>>>> mailing-lists-1001 AT anthonykozar DOT net
>>>> http://anthonykozar.net/
>>>
>>>
>>> Send bugs reports to this list.
>>> To unsubscribe, send email sympa@lists.bath.ac.uk with body "unsubscribe 
>>> csound"
>>>
>>
>>
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"information" is a better word - less freightening - but still for  
for them to be off by default


On Mar 15, 2008, at 2:11 PM, Michael Gogins wrote:

> How about "Information" messages, since that is what this really is?
>
> Regards,
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Art Hunkins" 
> To: 
> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 1:43 PM
> Subject: [Csnd] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Csound 5.08Beta
>
>
>> I would prefer that the WARNING messages not be printed either.
>>
>> This issue has been discussed earlier. The point is that for the  
>> average user, the messages are misunderstood, and are thus  
>> misleading and frustrating.
>>
>> Again, I vote for their elimination.
>>
>> Art Hunkins
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Gogins"  
>> 
>> To: 
>> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 12:45 PM
>> Subject: [Csnd] Re: Re: Re: Re: Csound 5.08Beta
>>
>>
>> The PYTHONPATH environment variable should specify the complete  
>> path to the
>> directory containing csnd.pyd, in addition to whatever used to be  
>> in the
>> PYTHONPATH variable.
>>
>> This is assuming that you want to use Python features of Csound  
>> AND that you
>> already have installed Python 2.5.
>>
>> If you do not want to use the Python features, remove csnd.dll,  
>> _csnd.pyd,
>> CsoundAC.pyd, _CsoundAC.pyd, and py.dll from your Csound  
>> installation.
>>
>> The warning messages are only WARNING messages, they are not ERROR
>> messsages. They do not mean Csound will not work. If they meant  
>> Csound will
>> not work they would be ERROR messages.
>>
>> I would prefer it if these messages were not even printed, but  
>> other Csound
>> developers prefer them to be printed.
>>
>> The 5.08 Windows installer attempts to detect if Python is  
>> installed on your
>> system, and to give you a choice whether or not to install the Python
>> features.
>>
>> Please let me know if you do, or do not, have Python 2.5 installed  
>> on your
>> computer.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>> Mike
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Demers"  
>> 
>> To: 
>> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 9:11 AM
>> Subject: [Csnd] Re: Re: Re: Csound 5.08Beta
>>
>>
>>> The Python path should be write like this:
>>>
>>> PYTHONPATH= ;C:\Program Files\Csound\bin
>>>
>>> If C is where your Program Files is...
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "Uğur Güney" 
>>> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 6:17 AM
>>> To: 
>>> Subject: [Csnd] Re: Re: Csound 5.08Beta
>>>
>>>> # Hi,
>>>> # I'm experiencing a problem under XP, but I am not sure that it is
>>>> specific to the version 5.08.
>>>> # After the installation (and restarting the computer) I have  
>>>> all the
>>>> system variables set correctly: CSOUNDRC, OPCODEDIR64, Path,
>>>> RAWWAVE_PATH etc. I moved away the "py.dll" from the csound 
>>>> \plugins64
>>>> folder. (This is said in the manual that one should remove that  
>>>> file
>>>> for not getting the python not found error.)
>>>> # But I am always getting two warnings:
>>>>
>>>> WARNING: could not open library 'I:\Csound5.08\plugins64 
>>>> \csnd.dll' (-1)
>>>> and
>>>> This application has failed to start because python25.dll was  
>>>> not found...
>>>>
>>>> # First one does not affect the sound output. Csound renders  
>>>> normally
>>>> and I am sure that the file is there. Is csnd.dll not very  
>>>> important?
>>>> :-)
>>>> # And I have PYHTONPATH = csound\bin in my system variables.
>>>> # Do you have any idea why this is happening?
>>>> # Have a nice day!
>>>> -ugur-
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 8:39 PM, Anthony Kozar
>>>>  wrote:
>>>>> Right.  I did not update the front page because it was  
>>>>> suggested on the
>>>>> developer list that we only announce the beta release to the  
>>>>> mailing lists
>>>>> and ask people to test it for us.  The page will be updated  
>>>>> when the final
>>>>> non-beta version of 5.08 is released.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anthony Kozar
>>>>> mailing-lists-1001 AT anthonykozar DOT net
>>>>> http://anthonykozar.net/
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
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