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
