On Thu, 12 Apr 2018 15:23:47 -0400 Daniel Kahn Gillmor <d...@fifthhorseman.net> wrote: > Package: devscripts > Version: 2.18.1 > Severity: wishlist > > Thanks for wrap-and-sort! It's great to have nice canonicalized-form > debian packaging. > > Using wrap-and-sort with -ast provides the simplest, cleanest diffs as > things change, while still producing an easy-to-read debian/control. > > I think these three options (--wrap-always, --short-indent, > --trailing-comma) should be the default. (this might mean adding > inverted options for the people who really insist on using > wrap-and-sort in some other way).
Time to join this discussion. The current default was the preference of the author 14 years ago. My taste has change a bit since then. I am open to change the default. --trailing-comma for wrapped lines is a good idea, --short-indent is okay. I don't like --wrap-always in case there are only two or three entries. The new default should not only based on the preference, but also on what is used the most. Can someone collect the information: which teams use which options, how many packages use what? When we change the default, the parameters to disable those again need some short options. -- Benjamin Drung Debian & Ubuntu Developer
