[Rock-dev] Autoproj displaying compilation warnings: vote on the feature

[Jakob Schwendner]

On 10/19/2012 08:14 PM, Alexander Duda wrote:
> On 10/19/2012 05:50 PM, Sylvain Joyeux wrote:
>> Janosch implemented a way to display all compilation error/warnings from
>> the packages (instead of redirecting to log files).
>>
>> I would like to add this feature and have it always ON. However, I have
>> the feeling that some people would have strong feeling about this ...
>>
>> Vote?
>>
>> Mine: +1
>>
> For most of the people the warnings would only pollute the output (see
> the complains about the typekits errors). I would try to keep the
> autoproj output as clear as possible for normal users. Even the parallel
> build output starts to get complex. If you want to use this feature as
> code quality score add a summary at the end of the build how many
> warnings occur in which library.
>
> ---1   for autoproj build
> +1  for autoproj build . and amake
>
> Example:
> base-types (up-to-date)        10 warnings     112 sec
> orogen (not up-to-date)          0 warnings       20 sec
> ..
I was of Alex's oppinion before, but come to think of it, having it 
default ON actually does seem better. If you want to compile at a client 
and don't want him to be bothered by warnings, you can always use the 
off switch there.

So +1 for default on, but with option to disable.

Jakob