Definitely a +1
On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 7:57 PM Vinod Kone <vinodk...@gmail.com> wrote:

> +1 to have objective rules around formatting.
>
> @vinodkone
>
> > On Jun 14, 2017, at 7:51 PM, Silas Snider <swsni...@apple.com> wrote:
> >
> > I regret I have but one +1 to give, etc.
> >
> >> On Jun 14, 2017, at 7:32 PM, Michael Park <mp...@apache.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm increasingly hearing that many contributors who want to contribute
> to
> >> Mesos find that
> >> it's often difficult to do so. One of the big issues is due to our
> >> formatting rules which is not
> >> automated. As a result, we've had many reviews that are overwhelming in
> >> style comments
> >> with only a couple of comments on functionality.
> >>
> >> This is very frustrating for contributors, and is also a large burden on
> >> the committers to
> >> remember, review and explain the formatting sections of the style guide.
> >>
> >> I introduced *ClangFormat* a long time ago as our formatting tool, but
> it
> >> was only
> >> a supplementary tool since it didn't yet conform fully to the style
> guide.
> >> We've done a lot of
> >> work to narrow this gap and the gap is actually quite small at this
> point.
> >> However, the existence
> >> of such a gap is enough to stir discussions and render the tool useless
> for
> >> some people.
> >>
> >> I think we should close this gap by adopting ClangFormat as our
> formatting
> >> guideline.
> >>
> >> I don't have a fully fleshed out plan just yet. I'd like to push for
> this
> >> effort again,
> >> as I find it to be very important.
> >>
> >> I'm just seeking for +1s if you'd like to see a fleshed out plan for
> this.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> MPark
>

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