You can still have a separate makefile target for -Wall -Werror, even if you are releasing the source code; Alternatively you can add it this check conditioned

You can still have a separate makefile target for -Wall -Werror, even if you are releasing the source code; Alternatively you can add it this check conditioned on the presence of an optional environment variable, and set that environment variable in your CI pipeline. Also don't forget to add -Wextra, if you are at it! I don't quite understand the controversy, this is just another code checking tool, just like lint. Also: did anyone write an article titled "'consider harmful' is considered harmful" yet? I am considering writing something like this. I think this genre has a tendency to state an opinion as the final truth with a capital T, and because of that, it tends to provoke argument out of nothing.