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From: Chris Houser <chouser@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Tabs and spaces
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 11:07:16
Message-Id: 20011019130659.G97602@plato.zk3.dec.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Tabs and spaces by Aron Griffis
1 Aron Griffis wrote: [Fri Oct 19 2001, 12:55:12PM EDT]
2 > What do you think?
3
4 I think you should be ashamed for bringing it up. ;-)
5
6 I disagree with your suggestion in this context, regardless of how much
7 I may agree with it in other contexts. I think there is no clear-cut
8 'correct' answer to this question that everyone can agree is the best
9 possible answer, at least that has been my experience on every other
10 project where this has come up.
11
12 Therefore, I think we should defer to the ebuilds as they currently
13 exist, and to the original and well-documented wishes of the Progenitor
14 of Gentoo Linux and use nothing but tabs for indenting. If you want
15 things to look right, set up your editor to have 4-space tab stops.
16
17 In other words, let's all suck it up. :-) Let's get back to work on the
18 software itself, and to spend as little time as possible discussing this
19 issue with the whole community of Gentoo developers.
20
21 --Chouser
22
23 PS. Yes, I'm a little embarrassed that I just spent 5 minutes writing
24 this. I promise I won't do it again.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Tabs and spaces Aron Griffis <agriffis@g.o>