[FusionDev] Crashhandler DE integration

Danny Baumann dannybaumann at web.de
Sat Aug 11 13:16:36 CEST 2007


Hi,

> with a first release coming up we might want to prepare for various
> bug reports after the release. Therefore it's maybe a good idea to
> make it easier for the users to get good crash logs and send them to
> us.
> 
> Integrating already existing tools for that would be probably the best
> solution, but the crash handler used depends on the DE. KDE uses
> "drkonqui" (don't know what's it in 4.0) and Gnome uses bug-buddy.
> 
> Adding specific support for these isn't the real problem, its more
> about doing it The Right Way. So that are the options I see so far:
> 
> * Adding two options to crashhandler "Use External Crash Handler" and
> "External Crash Handler Command Line", marking them as integrated
> options and let the CompizConfig backend fill in the correct values.

Are the paths to the crash managers available from the settings storage
(gconf/kconfig)? If yes, I would prefer this option.

> * Hard coding this options in crashhandler and simply adding a(n
> integrated) choice setting.

If the paths aren't configurable in the DE, I think this one is the
better choice.

Regards,

Danny



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