Requirements (programming) for Adding Socorro/Breakpad

[Joel Madero]

Hi All,

We're looking at the possibility of adding breakpad/socorro to our
software and were hoping to get a little guidance as to what programming
skills are needed (languages and what not) in order to implement the
code. In other words, what would an "ideal candidate" look like for
adding breakpad/socorro to a piece of software.

Any guidance appreciated!


Best,
Joel

[Ted Mielczarek]

Hi Joel,

Breakpad and Socorro are actually fairly separate things, although you
need them to work in concert to get working crash reporting. Breakpad is
a set of C++ libraries, so you need to write some C++ to integrate the
crash handling parts of it into your application. You also need
something client-side to submit the minidump that Breakpad produces and
some extra information via HTTP--Breakpad provides a library for this on
some platforms but not all.

Socorro is written in Python, but installing and configuring it is
primarily a sysadmin/ops sort of task.

Hope that helps,
-Ted

[Joel Madero]

Hi Ted,

This helps a ton! We're planning on tendering it (I'm writing the
tender). Would it be okay for me to post the tender to the list or at
least a link to it once it goes public?

Best,
Joel