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From: Thomas Anderson <tanderson@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Adding --as-needed to LDFLAGS in profiles/default/linux/make.defaults
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:43:38
Message-Id: 20100628134307.GA13670@dodo.hsd1.nj.comcast.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Adding --as-needed to LDFLAGS in profiles/default/linux/make.defaults by Nirbheek Chauhan
1 On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 01:40:46PM +0530, Nirbheek Chauhan wrote:
2 > On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@g.o> wrote:
3 > > On 06/28/2010 10:51 AM, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
4 > >> Will Gentoo be doing the same for -Ofast and its flags then? After all,
5 > >> most packages work with them, and you can't let the few packages that
6 > >> require standard-compliant behaviour from a compiler hold Gentoo
7 > >> hostage.
8 > >>
9 > >
10 > > This is not about optimizing but preventing clear breakage, the benefits
11 > > of asneeded are not under debate here (like already stated in the
12 > > original message this thread started from)
13 > >
14 > > So please stop trying to derail the thread
15 > >
16 >
17 > ++, all of this has been discussed to *death*.
18 >
19 >
20 > --
21 > ~Nirbheek Chauhan
22 >
23 > Gentoo GNOME+Mozilla Team
24 >
25
26 Not taking technical sides in this thread simply because I have no time to
27 argue it at length, BUT:
28
29 Simply because a topic has been discussed to *death* does not mean the
30 correct answer was obtained, only that a majority agree it is what they
31 want. And while consensus may be enough to be considered 'right' in social
32 situations(politics, etc.), the second the discussion becomes technical the
33 opinion of the masses becomes irrelevant. All that then matters is getting
34 the technical part objectively right, which IS possible, despite what some
35 may say.
36
37 Regards,
38 Thomas
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41 ~Thomas Anderson~
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