* Re: [gentoo-dev] Some 'proper coding' notes for ebuilds
@ 2003-08-03 20:34 99% ` Stuart Herbert
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From: Stuart Herbert @ 2003-08-03 20:34 UTC (permalink / raw
To: George Shapovalov, gentoo-dev
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On Sunday 03 August 2003 9:27 pm, George Shapovalov wrote:
> Well, looks like there is no one around who remembers this thing, so I
> guess I'll chime in:
;-)
> While not really used nowadays, lintool is still a
> usefull tool, albeit unmaintained :(.
As a new developer, I've been told repeatedly that lintool is not worth using.
Heck, it even says that in the Ebuild howto on the website, iirc.
> There has been a discussion of this issue, I believe over a year ago
> already. It has been decided that this indeed is a serious issue, worth
> being brought into the policy (main reason I beleive was to settle the
> never-ending debates). everybody agreed that it should be either all spaces
> or all tabs (I hope nobody would want it otherwise nowadays?)
Urgh ;-)
Although, I will admit, that most ebuilds are trivial enough to be indented
using just tabs.
> Oh, should I mention that I am on a tabbed side ;)?
I'd never have guessed ;-)
> Above makes this a non-issue, and as I described in the beginning we do
> have that enforceent and we put it in place upon discussing alternatives
> and on purpose.
Second urgh.
What's next - forcing people to use emacs over vi, or vice versa? ;-)
Seriously, I refer you back to my previous post about why engineers use
coding standards.
Best regards,
Stu
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