Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> Hans de Graaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> My view is that if this is a QA notice then, if a package doesn't
>> emerge because of it, it is a Gentoo QA bug and package maintainers
>> should be responsible for fixing it.
> Gentoo should not be applying patches simply to fix what certain people
> consider to be 'poor programming practises', since such practices are
> not in themselves bugs. Under certain circumstances it's appropriate to
> notify upstream about such issues, but be aware that upstream may not
> take kindly to external attempts to impose arbitrary coding standards
> if there is no actual problem.
Especially considering the large number of false positives certain -W
options generate. Compiler warnings should be for upstream and
developers doing debugging to worry about, not downstream QA or our users.
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