On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 23:07, Ted Husted wrote: > "Geir Magnusson Jr." wrote: > > For those of us (like me) that dont get it, can we do a quick review why > > deviation from the One True But Sometimes Really Ugly Coding Standard as > > defined by Sun Microsystems is such a threat to the ongoing health of > > Jakarta? And if the above isn't really the problem, but just an example, > > can we talk a bit about what the problems are? > > I believe it is reasonable to expect that a given codebase will follow a > common convention. This is especially important in a ASF product, since > we expect that the product will maintained over a long period of time by > many different individuals. > > I fully support the idea that each codebase is entitled to its own > conventions. I also fully support the idea that having defined > conventions, we should follow them. > > I think the status quo is just fine, but we do have to remember to watch > each other's backs, and remind people to use the conventions expected > within each codebase.
Thats nice for some codebases but not appropriate for all. For instance the Ant codebase has got to have at least 10-15 different styles (probably way way way more) because 70% of code is not written by the committers but by members of community who have their own particular tastes. It is is largely up to the committers to decide whether to restyle the files and that really has not greatly impacted the quality of ant. However other codebases have much more rigourous conventions that are followed precisely. Its up to the developers what they want to do. -- Cheers, Pete --------------------------------------------------- "It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities." -Josiah Stamp --------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
