Kathey Marsden wrote:
I think we are converging on deciding on a color for our shed:
Code Conventions for the Java Programming Language
<http://java.sun.com/docs/codeconv/html/CodeConvTOC.doc.html> as
published by Sun [1] with four space indent (no tabs)
Included in this convention is the 80 character line limit and
implicit in our participation at a Apache is the lack of @author tags,
but I think these items should be included in the final wording. This
approach feels generally OK to me because this is the standard
indicated in the db project guidelines, and it is the base for the
Geronimo and Jakarta standards. My only concern is that Dan said there
was an inherent quality risk in the Sun standard and I am not willing to
introduce a known quality risk without understanding it. I think we
can surely mitigate whatever it is with cautionary wording or slight
amendment, but need to have all the data on the table. Aesthetic
opinions should be avoided to prevent a bikeshed discussion, quality
data points should not.
Dan, what is your quality concern with the Sun convention and how might
we best mitigate it?
Kathey
