[MPlayer-dev-eng] Offer of help to get me started

[Evil Kosh]

Hello Apri,

as far as I can understand a clear style guide is why the linux kernel
source is so readable be comparison to the mplayer source.  There are so
many styles being used in the source, it's hard to read.  My suggestion
of making a style for the source code by combining everyones styles to
create one single, central style can everyone can plainly read,
understand and code by, would only help mplayer.  By telling someone to
submit only source in stylised form, you actually enforce code quality
by making sure people write code in a similar style, you dont get the
mish mash of styles which can make mplayer harder to maintain.

Your post I just read as I was writing this says that people can just
run indent.  But there is only so much indent can do to source before
only manual changes are able to correct the source.

It's something I can do, am doing and I'm wondering whether people would
accept it and help me revise it with their suggestions.  If you can see
what I've done, suggest, update and agree on a style for the code, I can
help, get acquainted and help out more in the future.

thanks apri, please dont take it personally

kosh


On Sun, 2003-03-23 at 23:42, Arpi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> > 	Would anyone here object to a clear style guide being formed from the
> > developers here?
> 
> sure. quoting docs:
> 
> II. POLICY / RULES:
> ===================
> 
> 5. We refuse source indentation and other cosmetical changes, such commits will
>    be rejected and removed. Every developer has his own indentation style, you
>    should not change it. Of course if you (re)write something, you can use your
>    own style... (Many projects force a given indentation style - we don't.)
> 
> 
> A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team
> 
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