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Mart Raudsepp schrieb: |
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>> one way to look at it though, is that it is a valuable upstream |
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>> contribution that this configuration produces the error, so Gentoo is |
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>> contributing to upstream development because of it. |
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> And losing users and thus relevance in the process. Not everyone goes |
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> to bugzilla always and then waits for a fix, or fixes it themselves. |
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> Normal people wipe that stuff away and install an operating |
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> system/distribution that doesn't cause them grief in its place. |
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This is indeed a problem with -Werror (I mentioned it in a previous message). |
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Tinderboxing as k_f suggested could not possibly cover the vast number of |
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configurations that users have either. |
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An alternative to -Werror could be maybe some kind of "package health" status |
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that would alert users if warnings happened in supposedly warning-free code. |
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Portage already has a "Package triggers severe warnings" QA notice which |
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could be extended for this purpose. |
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Best regards, |
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Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn |
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