POLICY: Fixing all visible 64-bit issues

2008-06-28 Thread Christian Weisgerber
The sysutils/xbatt problem was a reminder that 64-bit related bugs are still all over the ports tree. fgsch@ has prodded me again and after wavering over this for years, I think it is time to declare a ZERO-TOLERANCE POLICY ON VISIBLE 64-BIT BUGS and embark on a concerted campaign to eradicate the

Re: POLICY: Fixing all visible 64-bit issues

2008-06-29 Thread Federico G. Schwindt
On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 04:21:55PM +, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > The sysutils/xbatt problem was a reminder that 64-bit related bugs > are still all over the ports tree. fgsch@ has prodded me again and > after wavering over this for years, I think it is time to declare > a ZERO-TOLERANCE POL

Re: POLICY: Fixing all visible 64-bit issues

2008-07-02 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2008/06/28 16:21, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > By "visible" I mean that when you build a port on a 64-bit arch, > you get one of these compiler warnings: It might warrant drawing extra attention to "on a 64-bit arch". These warnings do not show up if you build the port on 32-bit. People submi