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Andrew Savchenko schrieb: |
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> So my proposal is: |
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> 1) Deprecate QA policy with unconditional demand of -Werror removal. |
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> 2) Add to devmanual's chapter on -Werror an exception clause about |
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> security-oriented software and maintainer's right to make final |
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> decision. |
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Likely this proposal will not fly. I understand that -Werror is a |
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precautionary measure against installing broken code on user systems, and I |
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am all for using it when upstream says so. But it is understandably unwelcome |
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by many on Gentoo. If ebuilds started to use -Werror in greater numbers, |
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perceived tree quality would go down as build failures increase. |
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"But it's for your own good!" you would tell users who are angry again that |
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package XY didn't compile. -Werror gets in the way of users getting things |
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done, and if that happens too often, you might drive those users out. |
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So while I would very much like to see -Werror allowed, this is just not |
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going to happen. |
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Best regards, |
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Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn |
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