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ugly "outdated" logs #612
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imo, this is horrible:
$ node_modules/.bin/component-build
outdated name of a dependency : please update: "component/search.js" -> "componentjs/search.js"
installed : yields/k@0.6.1 in 465ms
installed : component/top@0.0.2 in 570ms
installed : component/spinner@1.0.0 in 132ms
[ ... ]why not:
warning: outdated dependency name; please update "component/search.js" -> "componentjs/search.js"
... or something?
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netpoetica commentedon Nov 24, 2014
I agree with this, but I think we might want to consider this as part of a more major log output overhaul, because I've seen a lot of logs like this.
timaschew commentedon Dec 7, 2014
have you some other examples?
what exactly is ugly? that there is a missing
warningprefix? or the wording?netpoetica commentedon Dec 7, 2014
@timaschew I think for me it's some of the sentence particles using arbitrary punctuation, in combination with all-lowercase words. I don't think the logs are awful, they're just not super-polished.
For example,
outdated name of a dependency : please update:is just strange use of the colon twice.A clear structure like
Would be good to hear from @stephenmathieson for detail about possible improvements.
stephenmathieson commentedon Dec 7, 2014
keep the left side of the
:short and simple. for example:warning : ...(as suggested in the OP).