193968 - Need a Throw*Error for transient error types

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Bugzilla :: Bugzilla-General, enhancement)

Description

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

ThrowCodeError gives the user a message that says "this is really broken, email
this page to the maintainer right now" or something to that effect.

ThrowUserError says "Press Back and try again"

We need something in between the two for transient errors (like a failure to
connect to the database for example) which says "if this problem persists, mail
this page to the maintainer" so the maintainer doesn't get a deluge of mail if
the network goes down for 2 or 3 minutes, but they still get the idea that they
should report it if it doesn't go away...

Comment 1

[Bradley Baetz (:bbaetz)]

We need real exceptions...

(That has to be post mod_per though, since we have to do that at compile time
rather than run time via require)

Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

You could use the message function...

It seems like the only class of transient errors is database-related - or can
you think of some more?

Gerv

Comment 3

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

Reassigning bugs that I'm not actively working on to the default component owner
in order to try to make some sanity out of my personal buglist.  This doesn't
mean the bug isn't being dealt with, just that I'm not the one doing it.  If you
are dealing with this bug, please assign it to yourself.

Comment 4

[Frédéric Buclin]

*** Bug 314828 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5

[Frédéric Buclin]

*** Bug 285660 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6

[Frédéric Buclin]

*** Bug 237746 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7

[Frédéric Buclin]

Fixed by bug 288049.