[IPython-dev] The Big Split™ has begun
Nicholas Bollweg
nick.bollweg at gmail.com
Wed Mar 25 13:40:07 EDT 2015
>
> enforced by automated tools just forces people to spend time satisfying
> the linter.
>
Well, I guess you're either spending time satisfying the linter, or
spending two people's time satisfying the reviewer who sees the sea of -'s
when someone changes one line in several files and their tool strips
whitespace, explaining the non-policy, then has to go back through their
commits and remove the hunks that make whitespace changes...
But anyhow...
No new history
>
So all of the new repos will be carrying the entire history of IPython, or
is there dark filter-branch foo happening? Exciting either way! Good luck!
On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 1:17 PM, Thomas Kluyver <takowl at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 25 March 2015 at 10:08, Nicholas Bollweg <nick.bollweg at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> it really would be a lovely time to apply the Hammer of Whitespace and
>> make source quality a part of the automation process.
>>
>
> I don't want us to do that, regardless of the timing. PEP8 is a fine set
> of guidelines, but having those guidelines rigidly enforced by automated
> tools just forces people to spend time satisfying the linter.
>
> Thomas
>
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