Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Disable SPP On GCC-4.8.3
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 19:04:18
Message-Id: 53A0912A.3030605@googlemail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Disable SPP On GCC-4.8.3 by Frank Peters
1 Am 17.06.2014 20:47, schrieb Frank Peters:
2 > On Tue, 17 Jun 2014 19:04:00 +0200
3 > Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> wrote:
4 >
5 >> nossp seems to disable ssp on general. Still not
6 >> a good idea.
7 >>
8 > I appreciate your concern but, all too often it seems, the notion
9 > of "not a good idea" becomes "not a good idea therefore it should
10 > be irrevocably disabled for everyone whether they want it or not."
11 >
12 > An option should never become a law.
13 >
14 > Frank Peters
15 >
16 >
17 >
18
19 options increase the workload on devs&testers a lot.
20
21 So removing options makes sense in a way. Especially if it is about a
22 feature that should never be turned off.