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[Bug web/85837] Listing of all error and warning messages


https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85837

--- Comment #8 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
(In reply to Eyal Rozenberg from comment #7)
> (In reply to Jonathan Wakely from comment #5)
> > Be the change that you want to see in the world.
> > 
> > If you want this, make it happen.
> 
> Well, I already started by filing this bug, but point taken.

So far you're just asking for other people to do the work. Speaking for myself,
I already know what GCC's diagnostics mean, and so what you're suggesting
wouldn't be useful to me* and that's probably true for most GCC developers.
You're asking busy people to do a ton of work.

* before you say I should do it anyway to help users, note that I did already
add most of the content to the wiki page.

> > (In reply to Eyal Rozenberg from comment #4)
> > > Fair enough, but, honestly - if the page says "Please, feel free to suggest
> > > new content in gcc-help mailing list" - practically nobody will contribute.
> > 
> > Why not?
> 
> Really? Ok, I'll explain: Many/most people familiar with
> collaboratively-edited resources such as Wikis or Q&A sites expect either
> immediate ability to edit content, or a requirement of at most website
> registration. What this line is telling visitors is (with slight
> over-dramatization): "Don't expect to be able to edit existing content on
> this page, ever. Don't expect to easily add content to this page, ever. If

This isn't a slight over-dramatization, this is nonsense.

"Please feel free to suggest new content" does not mean "you can not add new
content, ever".

> you want to even add anything to this page, you have to increase your level
> of commitment to that of being a mailing list member.

Nobody has to be a member of anything to send an email to the list. You don't
have to subscribe, you just have to send an email.

> You'll have to talk to
> people on that mailing list.

The horror!

> You'll have to convince them your addition is
> important. Then maybe it'll be added."

I don't think that's unreasonable, otherwise the page would descend into total
garbage very rapidly. Sites like Wikipedia and StackOverflow depend on
thousands of active contributors to keep the signal to noise ratio high and we
don't have the resources.

> - this amounts to telling most people
> to go away.

I've tried to improve the info at the top of the page. If you think it can
still be improved please make suggestions.

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