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.

-- 
Walter Dnes <[email protected]>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications

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