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On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 01:19:05PM +0200, Tobias Klausmann wrote |
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> The second problem, however, is trickier. We can rely on people |
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> noticing the error messages/broken packages and hope they file |
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> bugs. The other option is to have a QA-like check for it, again |
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> using the simplest possible binary to do so. |
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Will those messages be during the ebuild? There are currently |
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messages like... |
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> QA Notice: Package triggers severe warnings which indicate that it |
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> may exhibit random runtime failures. |
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> ExtensionSubtables.cpp:32:31: warning: dereferencing type-punned |
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> pointer will break strict-aliasing rules |
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> Please do not file a Gentoo bug and instead report the above |
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> QA issues directly to the upstream developers of this software. |
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> Homepage: http://www.icu-project.org/ |
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A similar message, about non-displaying icons instead of "random |
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runtime failures" may be in order. At the very least, it will let end |
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users know who to report the problem to. |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications |
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