Yes, that is the idea. But work can start without the sub module.
As for partials: it is easy, just patch the source to add partials where necessary On Saturday, November 15, 2014, Martin Thwaites <monofo...@my2cents.co.uk> wrote: > So is the plan to pull the repository in as a submodule to reference the > files? Maybe we could that part committed so we can start referencing the > files? > > I'm not sure how a partial class approach would work (all the MS Classes > seem to not be partials), so if you could maybe provide some examples of > this I would be very interested. > > On 15 November 2014 14:49, Miguel de Icaza <mig...@xamarin.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mig...@xamarin.com');>> wrote: > >> Most of the time we just "reference" the file, so we shouldn't make style >> changes to it. >> >> In the cases where we only bring bits, we have a spectrum of options from >> using partial classes to having to copy-paste and only in hat case we would >> reformat >> >> >> On Saturday, November 15, 2014, Martin Thwaites <monofo...@my2cents.co.uk >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','monofo...@my2cents.co.uk');>> wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I'm looking into porting some code over from the reference source, and >>> I've noticed that it doesn't match the mono coding conventions. >>> >>> Things like spaces instead of tabs, no space before the opening bracket >>> in a method call etc. >>> >>> They seem like minor things, so I'm curious what the stance should be? >>> >>> Maybe it's 2 rules? if you port the entire file without changes, it's ok >>> to keep with MS conventions? if you are porting individual methods you need >>> to match the surrounding code? >>> >>> Also, if you are porting an entire file, should the Microsoft copyright >>> header be retained? >>> >>> I'm sure there are other things, so there probably needs to be a section >>> on the site to cover the rules around porting from the reference source. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Martin >>> >> >
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