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

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Remove tabs in SGML.
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Msg-id 9027.1264613228@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Remove tabs in SGML.  (David Fetter <david@fetter.org>)
Responses Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Remove tabs in SGML.  (David Fetter <david@fetter.org>)
Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Remove tabs in SGML.  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Remove tabs in SGML.  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
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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 don't think that enforcing it is worth special hacks that
we do not use anywhere else.
        regards, tom lane


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