On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 08:03:34PM +0000, Arnt Gulbrandsen wrote: > Oswald Buddenhagen writes: > > On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 03:20:52PM +0000, Arnt Gulbrandsen wrote: > >> Oh really? I think I broke that rule about 365 times per year during the > >> years I spent at Trolltech. > > > > yes, i know how the code looked like before standards were established. > > that's not something to be proud of. ;) > > Classic opensource naysaying. > i associate that term means opposition to change - and that obviously makes no sense for historical states. also, i find this kind of "opensource" bashing rather ridiculous.
> Rather resembles that post about the costs of reformatting, if you > don't mind my saying so. > i find that comparison quite bizarre. you may want to elaborate. > Go on, tell me what's "not something to be proud of" about that. > just from scrolling through it i see inconsistencies. and that's just the start, because you were just a handful people at the time. also, the history is full of bugfixes hidden in epic whitespace cleanups (or messups), and whole-file-ping-pong, because some people clearly were incapable of getting crlf conversions straight. and don't get me started about commit atomicity and the standards some people had for commit messages. > Trolltech during my time was very much an agile development shop. > adaptability is not a licence to create a total mess. *you* may not care, but others do. and yes, i read your posts about gerrit. you're my enemy.
