l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > Mathieu Lirzin <m...@openmailbox.org> skribis: > >> I failed to retrieve the post where this rule has been suggested (if >> there is one), so I don't know the rationale behind it. > > I don’t think it was discussed at the time. It’s just that I like > ‘package’ and ‘origin’ indented like ‘begin’, I think it’s more pleasant > to the eye. :-)
Ok, that makes sense. :) > It’s a good idea to have the manual conform to the rule. > > Other than that, I think it’s no big deal if some packages don’t follow > exactly this rule. I encourage people to follow this rule, but I prefer > a patch that violates it than no patch at all. I guess it’s about > finding the right balance between nitpicking and welcoming. ;-) "encourage" means that this is OK that those who use Emacs and/or know this rule apply silently this indentation rule when for example updating a package definition? > Importers render code with (ice-9 pretty-print), which is quite > primitive, so they cannot follow sophisticated rules. OK, I didn't know about that. > So apart from the manual, I wouldn’t change anything. I will send a patch for this, if we agree on that. -- Mathieu Lirzin
