anuengineer commented on pull request #921: URL: https://github.com/apache/hadoop-ozone/pull/921#issuecomment-648540995
> So, what is the harm in extending the line limit to 120 characters, when users can always consume it the way they want to? Wouldn't it be more accommodative to a wider set of audience? Because we have no data if the tools that visually challenged people use are designed to work well with these lengths. Since both of us are not experts, we have to rely on someone else who is deemed to be an expert? That is all I am doing. For a second let us assume that your argument is correct, then it would seem that the recommendations being made by accessibility.gov is wrong. Since the same rationale would apply to most text, I think the issue is more subtle, and we(both you and I) are not familiar with the recommendations and complications arising out of these disabilities. I also use really wide monitors, so I personally have no issues with this. What is missing in this discussion is the most germane part of the discussion -- That is -- what is the does accessibility mean and how do you make sure that the systems we build is usable and accommodating to the extend possible for others. Let us take the other side, let us say that we don't move from 80 to 120, what is the loss? Are all the programmers going to be less productive? We can always find out.. Take top 10 code writers in Linux, monitor them with 80 char time vs. 100 chars. So find people who have always been writing 100 chars, then let us see if that improves productivity. Otherwise, this is classic bike shedding, no one needs to put in any research and everyone has an opinion, including that accessibility.gov is not applicable to us. Once more, let us try to bring the discussion back to the merits of the question. Let us do some research and make an informed decision; or let us leave this question open, until such time that someone who does research in this topic is kind enough to comment on this. I am not saying that world is going to come to an end by moving to 120 chars. As for Linux, it is a run on BDFL model, so what Torvalds decides works. The ethos of Apache is completely different, we really put effort into building communities, hence my concern. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
