[Development] QtCore missing check for memory allocation

[Oswald Buddenhagen]

On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 11:33:17AM -0800, Thiago Macieira wrote:
> On Thursday 26 February 2015 20:16:43 Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
> > > There's no feature on Linux to do that. Overcommit is always enabled.
> > 
> > wrong.
> > https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/vm/overcommit-accounting
> 
> Have you read the file you linked to?
> 
did you?

> Options are:
>  0	Heuristic overcommitting
>  1	Always overcommit
>  2	Overcommit by swap + 50% of RAM
> 
> That sounds to me like you can't turn it off.
> 
that sounds to me like you didn't read it. because if you did, you'd
know that 50% is merely the default.

> > > > also, linux isn't the only os around.
> > > 
> > > True, but it's the vast majority of the embedded OSes out there
> > > and only growing.
> > 
> > given tqtc's strategic interest in the embedded market, a purely
> > majority-based approach is hardly justifiable.
> 
> One contributor company's strategy does not bind the others or the
> project.  The project governance rules apply to the project.
> 
even assuming that nobody else had an interest in this, you'd still need
rather good reasons to effectively sabotage another contributor's
interest, especially considering the majority situation.

> That implies discussion on technical content, which is what we're
> doing. As we're reaching no consensus, the Chief Maintainer should be
> asked to weigh in.
> 
as i see it, the discussion has just begun. calling for consensus - let
alone chief maintainer intervention - seems a tiny bit premature. it
also seems like a bit of an own goal, considering the CM's affiliation
...