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On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 16:17:20 +0100 Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o> |
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| On Tuesday 28 February 2006 15:52, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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| > Yes, it's an utterly trivial problem, but it is a QA violation. |
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| > Getting a complete list is something that takes a heck of a lot |
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| > longer, and I have yet to be convinced that my time would not be |
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| > better spent elsewhere. |
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| Where is a coding style problem related to quality of code in general |
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| and assurance in particular? |
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It's more relevant than you might think. Screwing up layout like that |
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breaks various QA checking tools that assume that things are in the |
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standard format. |
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| QA is about things being proper, not looking proper. |
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Proper coding style is part of being proper. |
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Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Wearer of the shiny hat) |
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Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org |
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Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm |