Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: RFC: Indention in metadata.xml

[Andrew Savchenko]

On Sat, 06 Jun 2015 14:22:38 +0200 Justin Lecher (jlec) wrote:
> Exactly, that was my intention.
>
> How about
>
> * indent with tab
> * tab == 4 spaces
> * linewidth >> 80 (why do we have this short limit still in 2015)

Because of readability and ergonomics. The optimal page width is
about 67 characters, see Knuth's work on that. Barring spaces and
tabs that 67 will give approximately 80.

Best regards,
Andrew Savchenko