[asterisk-dev] [non]optimized builds

[Tilghman Lesher]

On Tuesday 05 February 2008 18:39:54 Simon Perreault wrote:
> On Tuesday 05 February 2008 18:57:41 Dmitry Andrianov wrote:
> > So if anyone has clear picture what is wrong with builds DONT_OPTIMIZEd
> > by default, please share.
>
> It's wrong because users expect the build to be optimized by default.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_least_astonishment

Users also expect that when something crashes, the information they
see during the crash will be immediately helpful to developers and they won't
have to jump through a series of hoops to get information helpful to the
developers.

> The vast majority of open source packages out there build optimized by
> default.

I wouldn't mind seeing some statistics that back that claim up and add some
clarity.  For example, are only released versions optimized by default?  What
about development or beta versions?  Should those versions include debugging
symbols and be unoptimized by default?

-- 
Tilghman