[Bug 248231] Review Request: ustr - String library, very low memory overhead, simple to import

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Summary: Review Request: ustr - String library, very low memory overhead, simple to import


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=248231





------- Additional Comments From james.antill at redhat.com  2007-07-31 18:13 EST -------
> * -ggdb3 does. If GCC doesn't support it, your package won't build nor will it
> be usable

 You are saying -ggdb3 Changes the ABI? I don't think so.
 Yes, that is somewhat of a GCC specific option. As are all the -W flags.
 If that's the only objection, I'm not that bothered about droping that.

> Yes, -O2 always reduces debug-ability of the code, so what is the problem you
> are trying to solve?

 Ok, so explaining again:

. The srpm currently produces 6 packages, the most relevant to this are the two
"main" ones:

ustr-1.0.1-0.7.fc7.x86_64.rpm
ustr-debug-1.0.1-0.7.fc7.x86_64.rpm

...the first is the library built for "production", and is what all the people
using a program that uses the library will see. The second is _the same code_
built using as much debugging as possible, so (expensive) internal consistency
checks are called often; optimizations are turned down; etc.
 The idea being that anyone developing code using the library can use the
debugging version while doing development and it will actively alert them to
errors. Forcing build flags that make debugging harder when using this package
is not doing to help anyone.

> I guess you will understand, that I consider your answer to be non-acceptable
> and inappropriate.

 Actually I didn't, and still don't, understand that ... I said I would do what
you wanted to follow policy, even though it was wrong, and I repeatedly asked
how I could fix policy.
 Is one not allowed to point out that policy is wrong?

 I can't imagine what I said that was inappropriate.


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