Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/5] CODING_STYLE amendments

[Anthony Liguori]

On 08/22/2010 01:56 PM, Blue Swirl wrote:
> > Why is this even still being discussed?  What problem are people actually
> > trying to solve?
> >
> > Can someone point to a bug in QEMU that's been caused because of
> > CODING_STYLE or the fact that some patches don't adhere to it?
> >      
> 7b1df88f284f462ecb236931ad863a815f243195
>    

That's a hell of a bug :-)

> > I don't see a problem with the way things are today.
> >      
> There is the problem that some patch submitters are reminded of
> CODING_STYLE while others aren't.

I still think we spend far too much time discussing this on list.  While 
I stand corrected that we've ever had a bug because of this, I have a 
hard time believing this is anywhere in the top 10 list of issues that 
we have.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

>   Some don't need to be reminded but
> they are not part of the problem.
>