Hi!
On Tue, 23 Apr 2013, Walter Dnes wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 01:19:05PM +0200, Tobias Klausmann wrote
> > The second problem, however, is trickier. We can rely on people
> > noticing the error messages/broken packages and hope they file
> > bugs. The other option is to have a QA-like check for it, again
> > using the simplest possible binary to do so.
>
> Will those messages be during the ebuild? There are currently
> messages like...
>
> > QA Notice: Package triggers severe warnings which indicate that it
> > may exhibit random runtime failures.
> > ExtensionSubtables.cpp:32:31: warning: dereferencing type-punned
> > pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
> >
> > Please do not file a Gentoo bug and instead report the above
> > QA issues directly to the upstream developers of this software.
> > Homepage: http://www.icu-project.org/
>
> A similar message, about non-displaying icons instead of "random
> runtime failures" may be in order. At the very least, it will let end
> users know who to report the problem to.
Exactly. I'd envision something like this:
[snip]
QA Notice: Package installs broken PNG files that may cause
warnings, errors or fail to display completely.
[... list of bad PNGs ...]
See http://to-be-written-page/ for more information
on how to fix these files.
Please do not file a Gentoo bug and instead report the above
QA issues directly to the upstream developers of this
software. Homepage: http://project-homepage/
[pins]
Regards,
Tobias
