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On Mon, 2012-05-14 at 17:44 +0200, hasufell wrote: |
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> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=260867 |
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> However, I don't see references to ebuild policy (in devmanual or |
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> howtos) how to handle Werror. |
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> Is there a common opinion on that. And shouldn't we add that to the |
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> documentation then? |
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-Werror is unwanted in anything that links to glib, gtk+, or other gnome |
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libraries. This is because gnome upstream developers have been adding |
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compiler warnings for usage of deprecated API which, despite being |
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deprecated, will in all likelihood remain supported for years; -Werror |
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turns those warnings into fatal build errors, and tracking down all |
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instances of deprecated API use twice a year (after a new version of |
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gnome is released) increases maintenance burden for little benefit. |
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-Alexandre. |