From d31a7c6d6ba9fe6fa9d8e67cb5b71d366829f2c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Dodge <cdodge@edx.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:11:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] log and continue on thumbnail generation exception

---
 common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/contentstore/content.py | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/contentstore/content.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/contentstore/content.py
index d11c271ccc..6dcf70fbe1 100644
--- 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