Hi,
we (Allin and I) have talked about a closely related issue last week
(offline), but here's a variant that really seems to fulfill the bug
criterion:
When I want to create a new function package in the GUI and I'm not
connected to the internet, then upon trying to save the package
(locally) gretl asks me to specify a tag first. But because I'm offline
gretl doesn't show the tag dropdown lists in the package creation
window. (The latter behavior is the thing we already talked about.) So
it's impossible to save the package. When instead I select "write a spec
file" gretls asks me to save the package first...
I guess the natural solution would be that gretl ships with a tag list
that is current at release, just like it comes with a version of the
manual. In analogy to the pdf manual, if the tag list is not present in
the install location gretl could try to fetch it from the server instead.
thanks,
sven