Feature request: Include boards package version in "Copy error messages" output
- Dominant language
- Java
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Description
Hardware package/platform version is becoming increasingly important troubleshooting information. It's very useful to get all necessary information to help someone with an error by just having them click the "Copy error messages" button and paste it to the forum. Many users have no clue which platform version they are using and don't understand the distinction between the similar, but not identical, Arduino IDE version and Arduino AVR Boards version.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Locate the implementation of the "Copy error messages" output and inspect how the installed boards package and platform version are represented. Update the copied diagnostics to include that version, then verify the resulting output through the existing diagnostics flow and confirm it distinguishes the board package from the Arduino IDE version.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- arduino, java
- Domain
- desktop, developer-experience
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100