Robin: > Because those non-developers aren't developing Qt, > and may not have the capability to fix warnings, > if they arise. They just want to build Qt and use it.
So you don't want their bug reports when their particular configuration (that the Qt developers may not have tested) doesn't work without producing warnings? Atlant -----Original Message----- From: ro...@viroteck.net [mailto:ro...@viroteck.net] On Behalf Of Robin Burchell Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 07:36 To: Atlant Schmidt Cc: Thiago Macieira; development@qt-project.org Subject: Re: [Development] cast ... increases required alignment of target type [-Werror=cast-align] On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Atlant Schmidt <aschm...@dekaresearch.com> wrote: > Thiago: > >> -Werror should never be enabled on non-developer builds. > > Why not? Is the plan to ship code that contains > warnings?* Because those non-developers aren't developing Qt, and may not have the capability to fix warnings, if they arise. They just want to build Qt and use it. Developer builds are another matter entirely, and I don't think anyone would honestly be against an attempt to enable -Werror, though it's a big job. Click https://www.mailcontrol.com/sr/lh1Nv5z4bnHTndxI!oX7UsdpzMR7Bo2KKNS9DqhBQIz1lKII56rKFTGW0a7+3ezIdfwN1IpAz7f55a0nEA+RCg== to report this email as spam. This e-mail and the information, including any attachments, it contains are intended to be a confidential communication only to the person or entity to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender and destroy the original message. Thank you. Please consider the environment before printing this email. _______________________________________________ Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development