On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 04:14:45PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > Because this is being done *in lieu of* merging the triggers branch, with > the result that the triggers branch becomes harder to merge afterwards. The triggers branch is already difficult to merge because it has numerous unrelated changes. > I agree with Ian that this is a bad thing. I can't fathom why Guillem is > making changes like this while the triggers merge is outstanding, and I > agree with Ian that it should stop. From at least August last year, the triggers branch has had significant stylistic changes compared to the dpkg codebase. http://lists.debian.org/debian-dpkg/2007/08/msg00014.html > > As it's in a vcs, I don't see why they need to stop doing that as these > > commits on code reformatting can easily be reverted, no? > They can be - but isn't that counterproductive for everyone involved? Arguing about code style certainly seems counterproductive for everyone involved. Cheers, aj
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