gexiv2 0.12.2 from 2021-02-20 introduced a new set of functions that can return a proper detailed error structure instead of just logging the error to the console and returning false. These are named with a "_try_" component, e.g. gexiv2_metadata_try_get_exif_tag_rational instead of gexiv2_metadata_get_exif_tag_rational.
We are not currently using these, but perhaps we should be?
This would require breaking many APIs. It would also require the local gexiv2 library version to be >= 0.12.2, which would rule out Debian Bullseye and distros derived from it. However, Bookworm is just entering its freeze now (early 2023), so when that releases it may be OK.
gexiv2 0.12.2 from 2021-02-20 introduced a new set of functions that can return a proper detailed error structure instead of just logging the error to the console and returning
false. These are named with a "_try_" component, e.g.gexiv2_metadata_try_get_exif_tag_rationalinstead ofgexiv2_metadata_get_exif_tag_rational.We are not currently using these, but perhaps we should be?
This would require breaking many APIs. It would also require the local gexiv2 library version to be >= 0.12.2, which would rule out Debian Bullseye and distros derived from it. However, Bookworm is just entering its freeze now (early 2023), so when that releases it may be OK.