Re: [PATCH] Revert "Enable '-Werror' by default for all kernel builds"

[Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 9/7/21 3:18 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 7, 2021 at 3:14 PM Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >   config WERROR
> >          bool "Compile the kernel with warnings as errors"
> > -       default y
> > +       default COMPILE_TEST
>
> That seems reasonable. It very much is about build-testing.

That and 2 more things IMO:

a. having developers be responsible for build warnings, not just
   build errors

b. having maintainers merge them more like they are build errors
   and not just some warnings that can be overlooked.

I don't see enough of a. or b.  :(

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~Randy