Re: [PATCH 4/4] New automake command line option `--silent-rules'.

[Raja R Harinath]

Hi,

Jan Engelhardt <address@hidden> writes:

> On Monday 2009-03-09 15:57, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
>>>>    
>>>>> For this patch, I'm unsure if we should even add it at all.
>>>>>      
>>>> FWIW: I am opposed to it.
>>>>
>>>> All this silencing stuff does is to add further potential sources of 
>>>> errors.
>>>
>>> Which ones, please?
>>>  
>> Those yet to be discovered.
>>
> Oh what great prejudice. Do you actually know what exactly this patch 
> series silences, or are you just guessing?

If I understand the context, Ralf is objecting to the --silent-rules
command-line option which makes it easy for distribution vendors to
enable silent builds across the board by overriding $AUTOMAKE.

I agree with the sentiment (somewhat hinted-to by Ralf Wildenhues in his
commit message): this feature should be an opt-in by the package
maintainer.  He should take the responsibility for making the trade-off:
easier-to-read "silent" builds vs. potential bugs due to hiding of
information.

- Hari