FTBFS if "-Werror=format-security" flag is used

[mrnuke]

On 12/05/2013 11:38 AM, Michael scherer wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 08:25:54PM -0600, mrnuke wrote:
>>
>> This change is Sofa King stupid. Why couldn't we have just enabled the
>> warning without turning it into an error, THEN let packagers work with
>> upstream in fixing those warnings? Regulate, not ban.
> 
> Because packagers will just ignore it [...]
> 
I think this is a childish argument, but let's take it. So what? You're
going to start stepping on people's lawns and change things just because
you want to impose your greater good?

> Let's rather ask the contrary, why is this so much a issue to communicate 
> with upstream to fix things, and add patches ?

-Werror is not needed for communication. It is not about communication.
This is about a small group of people imposing their "MY WAY!!!".

> [...] really fail to see why there is people complaining.
> 
You run the assumption that all upstreams are paradise, heavenly, and
friendly. And you also run the assumption that upstreams will never
introduce such bugs in the future, never leaving packagers with the
headache of patching things up.