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2010/1/17 Christian Faulhammer <fauli@g.o>:
> git blame breakage is no argument here, as the initial import damages
> that anyway.
No, that's still useful, since it shows things that've been around
since the beginning and that haven't been tidied up.
> Usually everyone agrees on 80 characters
80 characters is for people who use dumb terminals that don't support
any other size. It's annoyingly restrictive for anything else.
> Derivating from that must be justified better than "it fits my screen".
No, changing it from what it is currently requires better
justification than "a piece of hardware that no-one's used for twenty
years does it that way".
Also, please stop stealthily changing bits of wrapping as you go
along. That's even worse.
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Ciaran McCreesh
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