On Tue, 12 May 2020, Markus Elfring wrote: > > Markus, if you were to write a patch to improve upon coding-style.rst, > > who should review it? > > All involved contributors have got chances to provide constructive > comments.
But how could someone be elevated to "involved contributor" if their patches were to be blocked by arbitrary application of the rules? > I would be curious who will actually dare to contribute further ideas > for this area. > You seem to be uniquely positioned to do that, if only because you cited rules which don't appear to support your objection. > > > If you are unable to write or review such a patch, how can you hope to > > adjudicate compliance? > > I can also try to achieve more improvements here to see how the > available software documentation will evolve. > When the people who write and review the coding standards are the same people who write and review the code, the standards devolve (given the prevailing incentives). > Regards, > Markus >
