Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 14:33:12 -0600 From: Bill Fumerola <billf@mu.org> To: David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/tail forward.c read.c reverse.c tail Message-ID: <20001204143312.B75794@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <20001204122458.A46610@dragon.nuxi.com>; from obrien@FreeBSD.ORG on Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 12:24:58PM -0800 References: <200012031705.eB3H5ke30393@freefall.freebsd.org> <XFMail.001204105855.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20001204202406.A64100@lucifer.bart.nl> <20001204122458.A46610@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 12:24:58PM -0800, David O'Brien wrote:
> > What would be the point in leaving it in?
>
> REDUCE THE DIFFs. Maybe I am the only one that often goes and reads
> diffs and logs back to the very beginning.. but if the change is a NOP,
> why make it? What is this new Young Turks movement to totally change
> style(9)?? One of the big advantages of FreeBSD is the code in a
> *single* place, following a rather *standard* layout. This really
> improves the readability of the code base.
Reducing the diffs may be the exact reason for removing. Other *BSDs
have long since removed them from some of the code in cleanups.
> Why don't you talk to others about it too rather than just ones that
> strongly back *your* opinion? Please consider listening to the Gray
> Beards. (and yes I own both the C89, C99, and C++ standards)
Can I have the obrien-approved list of people I can get reviews from?
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