[QGIS-Developer] Backporting crash handler into 2.18

[Larry Shaffer]

Hi,

On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 2:00 AM, Richard Duivenvoorde <rdmailings at duif.net>
 wrote:

> On 04-12-17 01:01, Nathan Woodrow wrote:
> > Hey all,
> >
> > Just wanted to see how everyone would feel if I was thinking about
> > backporting the crash handler we have in QGIS 3 back into 2.18.
>

+ 1 from me.


> I think it is a good idea...
>
> As you say, 2.18 will be here for some time (especially for educational
> and governmental institutions probably, all running windows).
>

This is certainly true and a clear justification for the backport. Those
enterprises may keep using QGIS 2.18, possibly up to a year from now (with
respect to next LTR release and adoption), or longer. Horrifying to
consider, but at least this crash handler will help.


> Indeed then people can at least report back something (as I think our
> normal stacktrace-sources: Linux devs, will probably move on to 3.x).
>
> While it looks like if we want to say that QGIS ever crashes on Windows,
> maybe name it Windows or Data Crash Handler  ;-) ....
>
> Needs to be tested thoroughly though, as it is a new 'feature' in LTR...
> Is it testable?
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard



Larry Shaffer
Dakota Cartography
Black Hills, South Dakota
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On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 4:21 AM, Tom Chadwin <tom.chadwin at nnpa.org.uk> wrote:

> A huge +1 from me - as a Windows user, it's frustrating not to be able to
> investigate the occasional times PyQGIS causes a Windows minidump.
>
> Tom
>
>
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