On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 17:18:48 +0200, Sylvestre Ledru wrote: > Our project's intent is not to change the default compiler, just use a > secondary compiler to generate more errors or warnings for package > maintainers to be aware of. In most cases, keeping both compilers happy > would result in higher quality code, something I think we can all get > behind. > I'm not so sure about that. [...] > Therefore, we would like to propose an update of Debian policy, to take > effect after the Wheezy release. > > "4.9 Main building script: debian/rules" > stating: > ----- > Hardcoded usage of CC or CXX (for example, CC=gcc) should be avoid and > documented if necessary. > Debian build tools must respect the CC and CXX variables if provided. If > not, they shall default to /usr/bin/cc and /usr/bin/c++ > ----- > > If a rough consensus is reached it is our intent to make this into a > release goal. > I would very much object to this. It might be ok to make a case for minor bugs, but I think making it a release goal (meaning severity:important) or a must in policy OTOH is a bad idea. Cheers, Julien
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