Bryan, I agree that the some every google style rules might not be the best fit for Arrow project (e.g. import order rules). Like you said, we can use google style as a base line and tweak specific rules if necessary.
Li On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 9:15 PM Bryan Cutler <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for bringing this discussion up Li. I think we can use an existing > style guide as a starting point, but ultimately we as a community should > decide how to best fit it for the project. I believe we already have the > google checkstlye as our Java rules configuration file, but already off the > bat the import rules seem insufficient. For example, they now have a single > import group that would encompass all third-party and Arrow imports, and > the section of the guide about imports in your link is empty. I know a lot > of style is a matter of preference, so I would encourage anyone to follow > and comment in the JIRA at > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-1688 > where I will be making style fixes incrementally in sub-tasks. Whatever > style we choose does not have to be set in stone and can always be changed > in the future, however I don't think we should point people to a > third-party guide as official reference. > > Thanks, > Bryan > > On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 8:09 AM Li Jin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > Bryan Cutler has started a PR to fix Java checkstyle warning (Thank you > > Bryan!). In my experience style is something hard to get consensus on due > > to personal preference, so I wonder if we can pick a well known style > guide > > (say google style: https://google.github.io/styleguide/javaguide.html) > to > > minimize the discussion on styles? > > > > What do other people think? > > > > Li > > >
