I forgot that part: -Werror is only set when building with the toolchain.

If it proves to be a problem we can always add an option to explicitly
enable it for precommit builds (or disable it for local builds).

On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 11:23 AM, Todd Lipcon <[email protected]> wrote:

> Do you expect people to only build using the toolchain compiler from now
> on?
>
> The issue I've had in the past with -Werror is that some people tend to
> upgrade their compiler a bit earlier than others, and when you get a new
> compiler, oftentimes it comes with new warnings. Then it's a real big pain
> when you can no longer compile past releases with your new compiler.
>
> That said, I think it's a nice idea for the precommit builds since they use
> a known-good compiler.
>
> -Todd
>
> On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 10:43 AM, Tim Armstrong <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > I committed a patch that makes any warnings compile errors (and fixes the
> > irritating DISABLE_COPY_AND_ASSIGN warning that had crept into the
> build).
> > Currently this only applies to the debug build, so GVMs will fail if a
> > patch introduces compile warnings. Release and ASAN will come later, but
> > have been left out for now.
> >
> > Let me know if you run into any issues with the change: it can be
> > irritating to have to fix compile warnings when you are iterating on
> code,
> > but I think it's worth it to have clean compiles.
> >
> > - Tim
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Todd Lipcon
> Software Engineer, Cloudera
>

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