log and continue on thumbnail generation exception

2012-10-12 13:11:55 -04:00
parent 78df26605d
commit d31a7c6d6b
1 changed files with 4 additions and 2 deletions
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/contentstore/content.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/contentstore/content.py
@@ -127,8 +127,10 @@ class ContentStore(object):
                                                  'image/jpeg', thumbnail_file)

                contentstore().save(thumbnail_content)
-            except:
-                pass  # thumbnails are ultimately optional
+
+            except Exception, e:
+                # log and continue as thumbnails are generally considered as optional
+                logging.exception("Failed to generate thumbnail for {0}. Exception: {1}".format(content.location, str(e)))

        return thumbnail_content