<html>#2263: GetCompnent's prompts about missing tools should be more informative
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<tr><td style='text-align:right'> Reporter:</td><td>Roland Haas</td></tr>
<tr><td style='text-align:right'> Status:</td><td>new</td></tr>
<tr><td style='text-align:right'>Milestone:</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td style='text-align:right'> Version:</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td style='text-align:right'> Type:</td><td>bug</td></tr>
<tr><td style='text-align:right'> Priority:</td><td>trivial</td></tr>
<tr><td style='text-align:right'>Component:</td><td>GetComponents</td></tr>
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<p>Looking at <a data-is-external-link="true" href="http://lists.einsteintoolkit.org/pipermail/users/2019-June/006940.html" rel="nofollow">http://lists.einsteintoolkit.org/pipermail/users/2019-June/006940.html</a> the current prompt for a missing subversion client is</p>
<div class="codehilite language-plaintext"><pre><span></span>You have requested a subversion checkout, but the system was unable to
find subversion.
Please enter the path to subversion:
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<p>which is not ideal for multiple reasons:</p>
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<li>it should name the name of the missing executable “svn” and not the generic software name</li>
<li>it should not say “the system” but “GetComponents” or “I”</li>
<li>It should contain a note along the lines “if you do not have a subversion client installed, please abort and install the subversion package using your system’s package manager”</li>
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Ticket URL: <a href='https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2263/getcompnents-prompts-about-missing-tools'>https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2263/getcompnents-prompts-about-missing-tools</a></p>
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