making Mailman CAN-SPAM compliant (was Re:[Mailman-Developers]Hashing member passwords in config.pck)

[Bob Puff at NLE]

Perhaps I missed this thread, but what standards are there?  Link to doc?

Barry Warsaw wrote:

> On Thu, 2005-02-17 at 13:22, Adrian Bye wrote:
> 
> 
>>And, I just talked with my developer, and he got quite upset about the idea of
>>fixing his code to conform to your coding style.  So I guess that won't be
>>possible for now.  I certainly understand why you have coding guidelines, I
>>agree they are important.  I would have happily paid my developer to bring his
>>code in line with your standards.
> 
> 
> Sorry, but that's non-negotiable.  I know that you understand, but for
> the record, I'm not just stroking my ego.  Coding standards are critical
> for long term maintenance.  Without a standard, the readability of the
> code goes to hell and code is read orders of magnitude more often than
> it's written.  Adhering to the guidelines (hobgoblins notwithstanding)
> is our responsibility to those that come after us.
> 
> It's unfortunate that your developer can't adapt to the Mailman coding
> style.  I work on tons of open source software, and of course lots of
> software at my job, and each project has its own coding guidelines. 
> "When in Rome..." is the operative phrase here.
> 
> Hopefully someone else will adapt the code to the style guide.
> 
> -Barry
> 
> 
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