On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 1:08 PM, Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> wrote: > Hello! > > Mathieu Lirzin <m...@openmailbox.org> skribis: > >> I failed to retrieve the post where this rule has been suggested (if >> there is one), so I don't know the rationale behind it. > > I don’t think it was discussed at the time. It’s just that I like > ‘package’ and ‘origin’ indented like ‘begin’, I think it’s more pleasant > to the eye. :-) > >> My personnal opinion is that for the sake of simplicity and column >> saving we should remove it. But Whatever the final decision is, I >> think it's important to be consistent at least in the manual and the >> importers. > > It’s a good idea to have the manual conform to the rule. > > Other than that, I think it’s no big deal if some packages don’t follow > exactly this rule. I encourage people to follow this rule, but I prefer > a patch that violates it than no patch at all. I guess it’s about > finding the right balance between nitpicking and welcoming. ;-) > > Importers render code with (ice-9 pretty-print), which is quite > primitive, so they cannot follow sophisticated rules. > > So apart from the manual, I wouldn’t change anything. > What do people think?
Sounds fine to me. It's best to be consistent, but this isn't a big deal. - Dave
