Changes between Version 31 and Version 32 of FAQ

Timestamp:

01/13/14 06:16:51 (8 years ago)

Author:

Antoine Martin

Comment:

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FAQ

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 * I get some {{{OpenGL}}} related warnings or errors:
 {{{
+ImportError: cannot import name GL
 Unable to load registered array format handler numeric
 Unable to load registered array format handler vbo
@@ -108 +109 @@
 }}}
 This is the same issue as the one above, same answer.
+* Why don't you fix those {{{OpenGL}}} warnings/errors? Or silence warnings by default?
+This is a packaging issue, and those are not our packages. Silencing warnings by default is bad practice, some of those messages may well be legitimate. The developers/packagers should remove those that are not.
+Importing a library should not show ugly warnings on screen, especially when the missing libraries it complains about are deprecated and not available for installation. You can see this for yourself with:
+{{{
+python -c 'import logging; logging.basicConfig(); \
+logging.root.setLevel(logging.INFO); \
+import OpenGL; from OpenGL.GL import GL_VERSION, GL_EXTENSIONS;'
+}}}
 * During installation I see warnings like these:
 {{{