OT: Re: Current Roadmap

[Halim Sahin]

Hi,
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 12:05:13PM -0500, William Hubbs wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 12:54:05PM +0200, Hynek Hanke wrote:
> > We will begin the 0.8 cycle with a major code cleanup as this
> > has become necessary after the development and numerous
> > reworks due to changes in design decisions in the past. We must
> > eliminate tabs, re-indent and re-format the code and rename some
> > internal functions and variables in a consistent manner, move some
> > functions into separate files. This will be coordinated on the mailing
> > list to avoid merge conflicts, but your cooperation will be most welcome.
> > We will first setup guidelines and then stick to them.
>  
>  I have found that it is much easier to edit code if we use tabs for
>  indenting instead of spaces.  I would vote for keeping tabs for this
>  purpose.  I am curious why you want to eliminate tabs?

Oh no spaces are more robust for different editors.
When using tab's you can't make sure that it looks similar in different
editors.
That's the reason why spaces should be prefered for indentation.
Regards
Halim