Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Remove tabs in SGML. - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Remove tabs in SGML.
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Msg-id 1264613611.2105.58.camel@jd-desktop.iso-8859-1.charter.com
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In response to Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Remove tabs in SGML.  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Wed, 2010-01-27 at 12:27 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> David Fetter <david@fetter.org> writes:
> > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 04:52:00PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> >> Better write a check in the makefile.
> 
> > That assumes that everyone will always actually run the appropriate
> > make before committing, which I wouldn't assume, especially for a
> > "trivial" patch that's going out when someone is pressed for time.
> > Checking in an unavoidable place seems much more foolproof.
> 
> The rule against tabs in SGML files is only a bit of anal retentivity
> anyway. 

I disagree. SGML suffers the same as code if you are using tabs.


Joshua D. Drake


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