Set --disable-werror by default again for the release?

[David Daney]

Joel Brobecker wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> A user reported that he failed to build GDB on x86-linux, I think
> it was RedHat FC 5. The builds are due to warnings beeing treated
> as errors.
> 
> For the last release, I turned --disable-werror by default because
> I didn't want users to get their build stuck because of warnings.
> I thought there would be less issues with that with this release,
> but maybe I'm wrong.
> 
> Because C compilers vary a lot in the warnings they emit, and newer
> compilers always find newer warnings, I am starting to think that
> we might want to produce all our released with --disable-werror by
> default. More work for me, but less hassle for the users...
> 

Possibly less work for you, as you will not have to answer all those 
questions about failed builds by telling people to configure with 
--disable-werror.

> What does everyone think?

It is a good idea.

David Daney