On May 4, 2011, at 3:08 AM, Joseph S. Myers wrote: > On Tue, 3 May 2011, Gerald Pfeifer wrote: > >> <On Wed, 27 Apr 2011, Michael Witten wrote: >>> sed -i "s/[ $(printf '\t')]\{1,\}\$//" trunk/gcc/doc/extend.texi >> >> I believe we usually don't do whitespace changes just for the sake >> of cleaning up things. >> >> Unless someone else indicates otherwise, I believe this patch is >> rejected. > > I think we *should* make such formatting cleanups (not just trailing > whitespace removal, but other changes to match formatting conventions, > including fixing leading whitespace in C code to use tabs where it doesn't > as well as more visible changes)
gcc had that policy for years and years. To return to that, we just need a maintainer to approve or pre-approve these changes. :-) Then, buy some popcorn and watch the fight (if any).