> On Apr. 09, 2008, 16:25 +0300, Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 03:19:36PM +0300, Benny Halevy wrote:
> >> On Apr. 08, 2008, 20:12 +0300, Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> wrote:
> >>> To justify changing checkpatch to loosen its checks I would hope to see
> >>> an agreed to change to the CodingStyle detailing actually what is now
> >>> acceptable.
> >> For reference, here's Jan's proposal for Documentation/CodingStyle:
> >>
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/26/462
> >
> > Yes, seems reasonably well worded. However, I see no consensus for its
> > acceptance as a change. I seem some near NAK's.
>
> but no definite one :)
> >
> > -apw
>
> Seriously, I'm not sure how significant or relevant they are though.
>
> In
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/26/533,
> SL Baur <steve <at> xemacs.org> said:
> > The proposed two space change is ugly. Can someone NAK it?
>
> I'm not sure what "two space change" proposal this Steve referred to
> and his rejection is based on not-to-sound aesthetic grounds.
>
> The motivation behind our proposal is more than just aesthetic.
> I believe that using tabs for indent and then spaces for alignment
> is functionally better, works for everybody, and will eventually result
> in a more readable code over time, hopefully leading to fewer bugs.