On Wed, 4 May 2011, Mike Stump wrote: > > I think we *should* make such formatting cleanups (not just trailing > > whitespace removal, but other changes to match formatting conventions, > > including fixing leading whitespace in C code to use tabs where it doesn't > > as well as more visible changes) > > gcc had that policy for years and years. To return to that, we just > need a maintainer to approve or pre-approve these changes. :-) Then, > buy some popcorn and watch the fight (if any).
No, we need people to accept that they fall under the obvious rule - which were it not for the objections to HJ's changes I would have considered that formatting changes do (subject to the caveats I listed regarding testcases, files maintained elsewhere and cases where there is confusion about what the formatting convention actually is). -- Joseph S. Myers jos...@codesourcery.com
