Bug#622851: plugin handling is broken

David Paleino dapal at debian.org
Fri Apr 15 09:30:58 UTC 2011


retitle 622851 give meaningful error message when pluginsfile is not parsable
severity 622851 minor
tags 622851 upstream confirmed
notforwarded 622851
thanks

On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:22:36 +0200, David Paleino wrote:

> Package: josm
> Version: 0.0.svn4021-1
> Severity: grave
> Tags: sid
> 
> (Ouch, I should've checked I was actually running 4021, before uploading)
> 
> The just-uploaded 4021 is currently broken, in terms of plugin handling.
> 
> [..]

Ok, false allarm. Truth is, I had my VPN active, so the pluginsfile wasn't
downloaded correctly, and thus became unparsable.

It would be best to give a meaningful message error, to avoid panicking by
users (like me :)).

Mangling the bug accordingly.

David

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