QT_NO_DEBUG, Q_ASSERT(), and release build types

[Armin Berres]

On Mon, 12 Jan 09 00:15, Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> I don't think keeping kDebug() enabled in release builds is a good idea 
> because of highly likely performance problems. At least, not if logging 
> kDebug() messages is turned on by default. If logging of debug messages 
> was enabled but turned off by default and could easily be turned on by 
> the user if necessary (e.g. through kdebugdialog) then I would agree 
> that enabling it even in release builds would probably be a good idea.

This is exactly what we do in Debian.

Kdelibs:
<http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-kde/branches/kde4.2/packages/kdelibs/debian/patches/09_disable_debug_messages_if_not_explicitly_enabled.diff>
Kdebugdialog:
<http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-kde/branches/kde4.2/packages/kdebase-runtime/debian/patches/04_disable_debug_by_default.diff>

Greetings,
Armin