Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 20:11:15 +0200 From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> To: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: docs/71826: [PATCH] Whitespace cleanup Message-ID: <20040921181114.GK773@zaphod.nitro.dk> In-Reply-To: <20040921135451.646adf97@localhost> References: <200409210630.i8L6UZB3016035@freefall.freebsd.org> <20040921104111.49cf576e@localhost> <20040921173237.GA90010@abigail.blackend.org> <20040921174847.GN2493@submonkey.net> <20040921135451.646adf97@localhost>
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--Xsn3knLL3qrmRbVI Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2004.09.21 13:54:51 -0400, Tom Rhodes wrote: > On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 18:48:47 +0100 > Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> wrote: >=20 > > When I said "I don't recall the discussion", that's exactly what I > > meant. Not "I don't believe such a discussion took place", or "I don't > > believe that this was the consensus reached". Just "I don't remember". > >=20 > > Since at least two people *do* remember the discussion, there's no need > > to rehash it for my benefit - I'll read the archives if I decide to > > care. >=20 > Heh, I don't recall seeing any accusations about the ability of > your memory; I just wanted to raise my hand about "whitespace > changes being useless" which I feel that sometimes it's very > useful. >=20 > Every open a file in vi(1), not in an xterm, and have sentences > which break in the middle of a word onto another line? Ever > arrow around the file jumping paragraphs at a time? That is > an extreme annoyance. :) Since this is being discussed anyway... I think whitespace changes should be done if the whitespace gets in the way, that is, if the "broken" whitespace in a file, in any way, get in the way of real work I see no problem in fixing the whitespace, before or after doing actual changes (or when planning to change something). I still think whitespace changes should not be done just for the heck of it, but I have no reason to think this is actually a problem. I have faith that my fellow committers know when it's OK, and when it's just a waste of disk-space/bandwidth, since I have yet to see somebody actually committing useless whitespace fixes. And that was all I have to say on the topic, so please go back to your regular scheduled bikeshed^Wshow ;-). --=20 Simon L. Nielsen FreeBSD Documentation Team --Xsn3knLL3qrmRbVI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBUG7Ch9pcDSc1mlERAnWbAJsGyos5IuKII8h1STqy53ldu/WhxgCfS645 yMCsEHhwPkPrJ15RZLq+px0= =2fZS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Xsn3knLL3qrmRbVI--
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