Re: GOP-PROP 10: scheme indentation

[Graham Percival]

On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 05:30:35PM -0600, Carl Sorensen wrote:
> On 9/14/11 4:31 PM, "Graham Percival" <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > There's been no action on this for a few weeks.  I'm starting to
> > wonder if we should abandon this proposal and try bringing it back
> > in a few months.
> 
> Why?
...
> AFAICS, the script works fine.  Neil isn't yet satisfied, but he hasn't
> identified any weaknesses; he's just expressed a vague concern.

I'm content to interpret silence as consent for most changes, but
changing the indentation of multiple files is a relatively
destructive policy.

1) almost any existing patch to scheme files will break
2) it makes the git history harder to look through (unless you use
the git --ignore-whitespace option)

I think we should be conservative about indentation policies; we
shouldn't rush forwards if a main developer has concerns.

Cheers,
- Graham