I've asked Stefan Küng to change the text, cc: dev@svn bcc: users@svn, a couple of days ago.
I like your suggested text though. Cooke, Mark wrote on Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 08:23:21 +0100: > Folks, > > I think it might be a good idea to change this text as people are doing the > first thing they are asked: reporting to the list. I wonder if we change it > around it might help? > > > --------------------------- > > > > Subversion Exception! > > > > --------------------------- > > > > Subversion encountered a serious problem. > > > > Please take the time to report this on the Subversion mailing list > > (users@subversion.apache.org) with as much information as possible > > about what you were trying to do. > > > > But please first search the mailing list archives for the > > error message to avoid reporting the same problem repeatedly. > > > > You can find the mailing list archives at > > http://subversion.apache.org/mailing-lists.html > > > > Subversion reported the following (you can copy the content of this > > dialog to the clipboard using Ctrl-C): > > > > In file > > > > 'D:\Development\SVN\Releases\TortoiseSVN-1.7.0\ext\subversion\ > > subversion\libsvn_wc\wc_db.c' > > > > line 9465: assertion failed (work_presence == > > svn_wc__db_status_normal || work_presence == > > svn_wc__db_status_not_present || work_presence == > > svn_wc__db_status_base_deleted) > > > > --------------------------- > > Suggestion:- > > > Subversion encountered a serious problem. > > > > Please search the mailing list archives for the error message, as > > a solution may already be available (this also avoids reporting the > > same problem repeatedly). You can find the mailing list archives > > at http://subversion.apache.org/mailing-lists.html. > > > > If you cannot find anything, please take the time to send as much > > information as possible about what you were trying to do along with > > the following information (you can copy the content of this dialog > > to the clipboard using Ctrl-C) to the Subversion mailing list > > (users@subversion.apache.org). Many thanks! > > > I think this might help (or am I hopelessly optimistic)? > > ~ mark c