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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: GCC 4.0 turns kde to crap!
From:       Frederick Alexander Thomssen <ml-kde () fathomssen ! de>
Date:       2005-05-01 17:26:50
Message-ID: 200505011926.50297.ml-kde () fathomssen ! de
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On Sunday 01 May 2005 19:22, you wrote:
> Frederick Alexander Thomssen wrote:
> >> I'm sorry, but without hard evidence that you have done your homework
> >> in guaranteeing gcc4-by-RedHat is free of known bugs, we can't take
> >> your word for it.
> >
> >I of course cannot guarantee it and you don't have to take my word for
> > it (for I won't give it to you ;) ). But why don't you let the user who
> > compiles KDE decide if he wants to compile it with gcc3 oder gcc4 - you
> > can output a warning or whatever but you should imho not completely
> > blacklist gcc4.
>
> Any user who is bleeding edge enough to use gcc4 and wants to defy the ban
> we've placed is knowledgeable enough to modify the configure script to
> allow that choice.

of course... as i did...

>
> For normal users, we won't let gcc4 be used. People would simply ignore
> the warning and submit bug reports. We're already swamped by the sheer

then there could be a configure-option which has to be passed to use gcc4... 
it would be more comfortable!

> number of bug emails sent daily.

freddy

-- 
Frederick Alexander Thomssen
 
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