On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 08:56:51PM -0800, Ping wrote:
> > In addition, the comment style changes between the files.
> > I'm not adverse to having proper doxygen comments instead, but I'm also not
> > adverse to simply remove comments like (fake example):
> > /* xf86WcmAddTwoNumbers - adds two numbers */
> >
> 
> xf86-input-wacom is in your $HOME.  Feel free to change it to whatever
> format/style you like.  I don't have an attachment to the existing style.
> If you have a preferred style for xf86-input-wacom, please share with us. I
> am willing to go with any style as long as we get the job done.  As for the
> "good habit" part, it takes time to adapt, especially for the "old dogs"
> like me.
> 
> Fair?

sure, but please consider (and I want this publicly stated here :) that it's
in my $HOME because that was easily available when we forked it. once the
big cleanup is done, it'll likely move to a more permanent place.

in terms of style: I try to use whatever style is used in the surrounding
code or the same file. I'm not a big fan of /*********/ comments, especially
if they don't convey information (writing good comments is hard,
surprisingly so). removing those won't affect the code, so I might just do
that in a spare and bored minute.

in terms of style, that's the only thing I'd drop though, the rest doesn't
really matter enough to really worry about it.

in terms of changing contributions: sometimes I change them in minor matters
(e.g. indentation or commit messages), but not the code itself. I have found
though that asking a developer to resubmit a patch with minor changes is
better than fixing it up myself - simply because it scales better. I think
it's a fair assumption that someone who's willing to write a patch is also
ok with fixing up a few tabs and spaces.

Cheers,
  Peter

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