[Ksummit-discuss] [TECH TOPIC] QR encoded oops for the kernel

[Johannes Berg]

On Mon, 2014-05-12 at 18:36 +0200, Levente Kurusa wrote:

> > I'd like the URL to be valid (meaning base64 the compressed data) so
> > that we can get the data to the kernel.org server as easily as possible.
> > Making the app a requirement for reporting is too onerous for
> > non-developers.  I see no reason we can't link to (Open in/Install) it
> > on the webform though.
> 
> +1, the app is a good idea but shouldn't at all be mandatory. If we
> add that as a requirement people might just get lazy and don't
> download the app at which point we lose the report. Of course,
> adding the app as a plus is a great idea, since then the geeky people
> can take a look at what really happenned if the QR code has messed up
> their stack traces or whatever they see on their screen.

If you have a well-known URL prefix then as far as I know you can (at
least on Android) still have a URL and invoke an app if it's installed,
via the intents system. You could thus still have a URL that displays
the information, or a local app that does it and can do more.

johannes