Ole Streicher <oleb...@debian.org> wrote: > Walter Landry <wlan...@caltech.edu> writes: >> Ole Streicher <oleb...@debian.org> wrote: >>> What are the general guidelines here? Somewhere in written form? The >>> DFSG does not contain a hint here. >> >> The rule of thumb that I have seen applied is that 'source' is the >> preferred form of modification for the people making modifications. >> If a person really prefers editing 1400 character lines, then that is >> the source. However, you can not just state that you prefer that. > > I'd prefer just to ignore the line: it is a comment line that is not > needed for the functionality, so I see no reason to touch it at all. The > only reason to touch it for me would be to delete it.
Sorry, I had not noticed that it was a comment. I am confused as to why it is there. Do you know why? Could you get upstream to delete this seemingly useless line? That would solve your immediate problem and clean up the code. Cheers, Walter Landry
