Missing board manager failure report when using preferences URL
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Component: IDE user interface
feature request
- Dominant language
- Java
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Description
Board manager doesn't report errors regarding what is wrong on a given package json file provided in preferences.
Indeed, https://github.com/arduino/Arduino/wiki/Arduino-IDE-1.6.x-package_index.json-format-specification brings lot of useful information but it would help greatly to obtain some errors/warnings regarding what broke the import.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Read the linked package index format specification, then trace the Board Manager import flow for package JSON supplied through preferences. Done means invalid package files produce useful errors or warnings that identify what prevented the import.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100