1.3.2006, 11:29:47, Danny van Dyk wrote: >> > | Where is a coding style problem related to quality of code in general >> > | and assurance in particular? > > It's more relevant than you might >> think. Screwing up layout like that > breaks various QA checking tools >> that assume that things are in the > standard format. >> >> A tool that chokes on coding style (like tabs and whitespaces) should be >> ifself fixed. > Hmm, you never used repoman, right? repoman checks for whitespace and tab > oddities and warns you, if you want to commit them.
Sure I did... that's not the breakage of a QA tool ciaranm has been talking about, though. If some tool stops to work b/c of spacing/indenting issues, then it's broken. Meanwhile, if you can't bear formating/whitespace issues, then either fix it yourself or file a bug and wait until someone gets to it or fixes it when next revbump/another bunch of more important fixes is due. Expecting that someone will fix a cosmetic issue within five minutes from the time when a bug is filed and ranting about it on #gentoo-qa and mailing lists isn't useful but rather plain annoying. -- jakub
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