+1

Also, agreed with AlexR. Some of our style rules are very subjective.
Tooling and enforceable rules are much more important.

- Jie

On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 8:13 AM, Zhitao Li <zhitaoli...@gmail.com> wrote:

> strongly +1 to this.
>
> On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 7:20 AM, Alex Rukletsov <a...@mesosphere.com>
> wrote:
>
> > +1. Having an enforceable rule is sometimes more important than the rule
> > itself (e.g., 4 vs. 2 spaces indent).
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 9:59 AM, Alexander Rojas <
> alexan...@mesosphere.io>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > +1 It is always frustrating to rely in clang format to realize it
> > generate
> > > the wrong style, even for old Mesos contributors
> > >
> > > Alexander Rojas
> > > alexan...@mesosphere.io
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > On 15. Jun 2017, at 04:32, 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
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> Zhitao Li
>

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