[tor-bugs] #6110 [Tor Client]: Log warnings: Control[Port/ListenAddress], Socks[port/listenaddress], etc

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#6110: Log warnings: Control[Port/ListenAddress], Socks[port/listenaddress], etc
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 Reporter:  grarpamp    |          Owner:                     
     Type:  defect      |         Status:  new                
 Priority:  normal      |      Milestone:  Tor: unspecified   
Component:  Tor Client  |        Version:  Tor: 0.2.3.16-alpha
 Keywords:              |         Parent:                     
   Points:              |   Actualpoints:                     
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Changes (by nickm):

  * milestone:  Tor: 0.2.3.x-final => Tor: unspecified


Comment:

 I'm inclined to call this wontfix -- I don't think there's anything
 inherently wrong with log messages over 80 characters.

 The presumption that user who set ill-considered options have done so
 after reading and considering the documentation hasn't been borne out
 through experience: many of the warnings you list were added in response
 to good-intentioned users who had begun doing the unwise thing they
 recommend against... and then promoting it to others.

 Right now, this is the best balance I know how to strike. On one side is
 the safety-scissors way that would forbid experts from doing something
 that's occasionally legitimate simply because it's usually a bad idea.  On
 the other side is the oldschool-unix way of assuming that everyone who
 says "rm -rf *" deserves what they get.  I don't like either option there.

 That said, if there's a better alternative, or a good way to make the
 messages shorter, that would be fine by me.

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