Perhaps more relevantly, in all the time I was actively running a tinderbox, I don't recall a single time when gstreamer's build broke because of -Werror, whereas gnome broke fairly regularly even without it. So if you're going to draw any conclusions from gstreamer's use of -Werror, the conclusion is certainly not 'gstreamer breaks things' but probably more likely '-Werror (or something else gstreamer does) increases developer discipline.'
Luis On 11/11/05, Thomas Vander Stichele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > > Oh, this is all fine for _GStreamer_, but bad for _GNOME_, because > > this sends away potencial GNOME contributors since it's simply too > > difficult to build it. Sorry to be so blunt, but I think it was selfish > > of the GStreamer project to have -Werror in the makefiles. > > Two notes: > - -Werror is only enabled for CVS; releases have it disabled by default. > - > http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/doc/gstreamer/head/faq/html/chapter-cvs.html#werror > also shows how easy it is to override the flags. > > I also don't understand what you mean by selfish here. What's selfish > about making sure we catch potential problems as soon as possible when > they're easy to fix ? Maybe we're selfish for licensing under the LGPL, > requiring people to send back their changes ? > > This is free software - you are welcome to compile it with any flags you > like. > > Thomas > > > Dave/Dina : future TV today ! - http://www.davedina.org/ > <-*- thomas (dot) apestaart (dot) org -*-> > Don't you see that my heart's on fire > wicked wings that you spread round me sometimes > All I know is we've got to aim higher > Babe I wish that we'd go for the great escape > <-*- thomas (at) apestaart (dot) org -*-> > URGent, best radio on the net - 24/7 ! - http://urgent.fm/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > desktop-devel-list mailing list > desktop-devel-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list > _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list