Hello everyone, If you don't write Python code in mozilla-central, you can stop reading now.
On October 19, 2020 we will be officially adopting the black Python style for all our Python code in mozilla-central. black (https://black.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) is an opinionated, fast, and correct auto-formatter for Python. It is an increasingly popular autoformatter which might be considered the de facto standard for Python code (like clang-format and jslint are for C++ and JS). It is already used by several Mozilla projects, including Release Engineering, Lando, and moz-phab. black makes it easy for us to reliably format all our Python code in a consistent way, making the codebase easier to read on the whole and allowing us to spend more time in code review discussing substantive issues over trivial formatting matters. This policy change will affect all Python code in-tree, including sandboxed Python code used by the build system (.configure, .build, and .mozbuild files). As part of this policy change, we plan on doing a one-time auto-reformat on October 19 of all Python code in the entire repository. In addition, mach lint (https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/code-quality/lint/linters/black.html) and reviewbot will be updated to print warnings for Python source files that violate the black style. Just like with C/C++ or Rust, we won’t backout offending changes but instead will do regular refreshes of the tree. If there are any questions, please let me know! Ricky _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
