+1 to have objective rules around formatting. @vinodkone
> On Jun 14, 2017, at 7:51 PM, Silas Snider <swsni...@apple.com> wrote: > > I regret I have but one +1 to give, etc. > >> On Jun 14, 2017, at 7:32 PM, Michael Park <mp...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> I'm increasingly hearing that many contributors who want to contribute to >> Mesos find that >> it's often difficult to do so. One of the big issues is due to our >> formatting rules which is not >> automated. As a result, we've had many reviews that are overwhelming in >> style comments >> with only a couple of comments on functionality. >> >> This is very frustrating for contributors, and is also a large burden on >> the committers to >> remember, review and explain the formatting sections of the style guide. >> >> I introduced *ClangFormat* a long time ago as our formatting tool, but it >> was only >> a supplementary tool since it didn't yet conform fully to the style guide. >> We've done a lot of >> work to narrow this gap and the gap is actually quite small at this point. >> However, the existence >> of such a gap is enough to stir discussions and render the tool useless for >> some people. >> >> I think we should close this gap by adopting ClangFormat as our formatting >> guideline. >> >> I don't have a fully fleshed out plan just yet. I'd like to push for this >> effort again, >> as I find it to be very important. >> >> I'm just seeking for +1s if you'd like to see a fleshed out plan for this. >> >> Thanks, >> >> MPark
