Ted Husted wrote:
>
> Peter Donald wrote:
> > I would hope Avalon people are *more* open than commons ;) Any project that
> > starts dictating "religious" requirements liks code formatting/structure
> > etc is bound to be more of a cathedral. A free for all where the only
> > forced "standard" is versioning and distribution scheme will see a much
> > better bazaar. SUre it may contain some crap but eventually the best would
> > bubble to the top.
>
> Good point. We should clearly justify any requirements for code format.
>
> "23. Like all Jakarta subprojects, we adopt the Code Conventions for the
> Java Programming Language as published by Sun. In addition, we specify
> that indentation should be constructed using spaces, not tabs, so that
> CVS commit messages format correctly when sent by email."
I checked the calendar when I saw this - I thought it was April 1 or
something. Peters exact point, as I read it, was that requirements like
code formatting etc is *not* good, which is contrary to the idea of
having a #23.
(And anyway, Suns conventions are a bit goofy, I think... :)
geir
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