Where did the warning go?

[Harvey Chapman]

Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> The name -Wall was chosen some 20 years ago.  Perhaps it was a mistake,
> however it was decided, and documented, and has been used successfully,
> for a long time.  I think it would take a very persuasive argument to
> change it now.  That argument would need to be more than merely "the
> name doesn't seem right for what it does."  You need to consider the
> cost of changing all the Makefiles out there which use it, and the
> benefits of making the change.
>    
Why not change it to -Wmost or -Wpopular and then mark -Wall as 
deprecated for 3-5 years before removal. I would think that would be a 
reasonable time frame for such a change with so much history. Or just 
leave -Wall as-is, and just discourage further use via a deprecated warning.