"Geir Magnusson Jr." wrote:
> 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... :)
< http://jakarta.apache.org/site/source.html >
"All Java Language source code in the repository must be written in
conformance to
the "Code Conventions for the Java Programming Language" as published by
Sun.
However, some projects may decide to override these defaults and use
their own
defined conventions. For example, the Turbine project has its own
defined
conventions which are similar to the Sun standards but specifiy slightly
different
conventions."
Given the nature of the Commons, I don't think we have the luxury of
defining our own conventions, and so fall back to the Jakarta defaults.
The only reason there is a #23 is to append Jon's point about the tabs
screwing up the CVS emails. If we decide not to care about that, we can
strike #23 completely (and then just bitch at people if they start using
tabs;-)
-Ted.
