"Weird shit!" in error message inappropriate

[Daviey]

pulseaudio can return an error message that many would consider inappropriate.

alan@wopr64:~/iso$ pulseaudio W: main.c: D-Bus name org.pulseaudio.Server already taken. Weird shit!

As reported: https://launchpad.net/bugs/444400

src/daemon/main.c:

if (dbus_error_is_set(&error))

pa_log_warn("Failed to acquire org.pulseaudio.Server: %s: %s", error.name, error.message);

else

pa_log_warn("D-Bus name org.pulseaudio.Server already taken. Weird shit!");

/* PA cannot be started twice by the same user and hence we can

• ignore mostly the case that org.pulseaudio.Server is already
• taken. */

[lennart]

Sorry, but please don't waste my time, will you?

[davee]

lennart: I'm very surprised by your flippant reply, although I realise you may see this is a trivial issue.

It would have taken you less time to edit src/daemon/main.c to remove the text under discussion than it did to post the message asking that people "not waste your time"!

Professional software should have a professional interface with users, and that includes log and error messages, in my opinion.