Re: Updated GCC vs Clang diagnostics

[NightStrike <nightstrike@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Gabriel Dos Reis
<gdr@integrable-solutions.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 10:41 AM, NightStrike <nightstrike@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Gabriel Dos Reis
>> <gdr@integrable-solutions.net> wrote:
>>> On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 10:30 AM, NightStrike <nightstrike@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Gabriel Dos Reis
>>>> <gdr@integrable-solutions.net> wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 9:23 AM, Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Shooting down a potentially user friendly feature to wait until some blue
>>>>>> sky redesign is implemented means it might never be implemented.
>>>>>
>>>>> This is a mischaracterization and you know it.
>>>>>
>>>>> -- Gaby
>>>>
>>>> It is and it isn't.  The guy willing to do the basic color stuff has
>>>> no desire to do what you want.  Is there someone else lined up to do
>>>> it?  If not, then forcing a wait on it effectively blocks the
>>>> available developer.
>>>
>>> No. When you submit a patch to GCC (whether it is diagnostics or not
>>> is immaterial), you expect that it will get reviewed and recommendations
>>> will be made about the appropriate way to get it done.  Just have a look
>>> at gcc-patches.  There is no thing new here.  If the submitter
>>> refused to follow the recommendations, it is unfair it is being shut down
>>> or blocked.
>>
>> Be that as it may, at the end of the day, we won't have color gcc if
>> you insist on waiting for the better framework.
>
> Not necessarily.
>
> Would you or Jakub say that he is attempting to shoot down the switch to C++,
> just  because he wants to see some components converted done first
> (blue sky redesigned done first) even though he did not explicitly offer to
> do that conversion himself, or would  you say that he is making a
> recommendation
> of what he considers to be in  the best long term interest. I would
> say the latter.
> Orange and apple analogy aside.
>
>
> -- Gaby

Ok, fine, but then explain to me how color gcc happens if nobody wants
to do the extra work you want?