On Feb 19, 2012, at 6:55 AM, Simone Tripodi <simonetrip...@apache.org> wrote:
>> Unlike Commons, you have to be granted permission to commit at other >> projects at the ASF and each of them have their own PMC and build their own >> communities. Commons is a single community and thus it makes sense for >> developers to be able to easily switch between sub projects. Having >> commonality between the projects encourages that as it means you don't have >> to figure out what style settings you need as you switch between projects. >> > > I continue seeing it an imposition that can be avoided, since not > everybody commits in each component. > I switched across components and I just respected the original code > format (well, not always true, because I reformatted Discovery and > still regret for it) - that doesn't mean that style was always the > same, since each component defined its own config (and often the > exception rules) > > If a common style has to be applied to all commons components, IMHO a > VOTE should be subjected to the PMC I agree with that. However, there is nothing wrong with discussing it first to see if a vote is even warranted. Ralph --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
