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On 05/14/2012 06:13 PM, Alexandre Rostovtsev wrote: |
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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. |
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So, I will file a documentation bug unless someone can point me in the |
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right direction. I didn't find a reference to that issue. |
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