+1 on not reformatting code prior to ApacheCon.

Given the amount of code already written and its state, I favour a
"respect the environment" coding convention -- there's de facto
conventions in various parts of the codebase, and devs should follow the
conventions of the area they're contributing in.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Merz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 11:22 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Coding Conventions?
> 
> +1
> 
> I agree with Daryl, we've used the same philosophy for WSM so far.
> Since the adoption of coding conventions at this point would 
> complicate history diffs (and therefore merges, too), I, too, 
> would like to suggest to postpone this until after ApacheCon. 
> Let's talk about this after (or during) ApacheCon. Sound good?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> -michael
> 
> Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 07:21:04 -0700
> From: Daryl Olander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Coding Conventions?
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
> 
> 
> NetUI hasn't decided that it wants a coding convention. We've 
> never had one.  One person's "looks nice" is another persons "sucks".
> 
> I suggest we don't do this until after Apachecon because if 
> we do it now it will significantly increase the difficulty of 
> merging changes from one branch to the other.
> 
> 
> On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 06:45:42 -0500, Davanum Srinivas 
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Michael,
> > 
> > Since diff's are going to be problematic AND we want the 
> code to look 
> > nice and consistent for ApacheCon....Shall i do it ASAP? If 
> we do this 
> > once early in the project it's easier in the future (when 
> folks really 
> > need to look at diff's carefully)
> > 
> > -- dims
> > 
> > On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 23:01:07 -0700, Michael Merz 
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Hi Dims,
> > >
> > > Thanks much for all the Axis-specific and non-Axis-specifc work 
> > > you've put into the WSM project! It's much appreciated! :)
> > >
> > > So far, we've not adopted Sun's coding conventions (I 
> assume you're 
> > > referring to 
> http://java.sun.com/docs/codeconv/CodeConventions.pdf).
> > > While I would generally not have a problem with reformatting the 
> > > code, I would suggest to do this consistently for the entire 
> > > Beehive-project (if controls and netUI haven't already 
> done so). I 
> > > would anticipate the major downside to be potential problems with 
> > > diff'ing the history of files.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > -michael
> > >
> > > Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:20:54 -0400
> > > From: Davanum Srinivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Subject: Coding Conventions?
> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
> > 
> > 
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Are there any specific coding conventions to follow? would folks 
> > > mind if i reformat (specifically the WSM module) to SUN coding 
> > > specifications?
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > > dims
> > >
> > > --
> > > Davanum Srinivas - http://webservices.apache.org/~dims/
> > >
> > 
> > --
> > Davanum Srinivas - http://webservices.apache.org/~dims/
> >
> 

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