Re: untabify - last call for objections

[Jim Meyering]

Bruno Haible wrote:
> What should I write in the NEWS file, about recommendations for people who 
> have
> patches on top of gnulib?

We also need a way to keep things in order going forward.
I.e., a syntax-check style rule that enforces this style.

To that end, please prepare a file like the one below,
to be committed along with your other changes,
or as part of a subsequent change that enforces policy.
I started based on your earlier outline.

These are extended regular expressions that match
any file that must retain TAB-based indentation.
For now, let's not worry about TABs elsewhere.
--------------------------
# These contain Makefile snippets.
^modules/

# The regex module is the only major source code for which we still
# have bidirectional propagation between gnulib and glibc.
^lib/regcomp\.c$
^lib/regex\.[ch]$
^lib/regex_internal\.[ch]$
^lib/regexec\.c$

# This is special.
^lib/.*\.charset$

# This is a binary file.
^lib/.*\.class$
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> What are the tricks?

I'll try to post details tomorrow.