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From: Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] -Werror unwanted?
Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 18:59:14
Message-Id: 4FB155C5.8090400@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] -Werror unwanted? by hasufell
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4 On 05/14/2012 06:03 PM, hasufell wrote:
5 > On 05/14/2012 06:13 PM, Alexandre Rostovtsev wrote:
6 >> On Mon, 2012-05-14 at 17:44 +0200, hasufell wrote:
7 >>> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=260867
8 >>>
9 >>> However, I don't see references to ebuild policy (in devmanual
10 >>> or howtos) how to handle Werror.
11 >>>
12 >>> Is there a common opinion on that. And shouldn't we add that to
13 >>> the documentation then?
14 >>
15 >> -Werror is unwanted in anything that links to glib, gtk+, or
16 >> other gnome libraries. This is because gnome upstream developers
17 >> have been adding compiler warnings for usage of deprecated API
18 >> which, despite being deprecated, will in all likelihood remain
19 >> supported for years; -Werror turns those warnings into fatal
20 >> build errors, and tracking down all instances of deprecated API
21 >> use twice a year (after a new version of gnome is released)
22 >> increases maintenance burden for little benefit.
23 >>
24 >> -Alexandre.
25 >>
26 >>
27 >
28 > So, I will file a documentation bug unless someone can point me in
29 > the right direction. I didn't find a reference to that issue.
30 >
31
32 Open a bug, write a devmanual patch and I will be happy to apply it
33
34 - --
35 Regards,
36 Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2
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