> As Kees says, adding it to gcc means not only does this benefit Ubuntu archive packages, but also any software which is built on a Ubuntu machine using gcc (ie snaps built by launchpad, packages built on Github using Ubuntu as the CI backend etc) - which is a great benefit IMO.
Security's request to add gcc hardening flags is valid as discussed in https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ gcc-12/ +bug/1972043.
> As Kees says, adding it to gcc means not only does this benefit Ubuntu archive packages, but also any software which is built on a Ubuntu machine using gcc (ie snaps built by launchpad, packages built on Github using Ubuntu as the CI backend etc) - which is a great benefit IMO.