Bertrik Sikken skrev:
It's not my intention to suddenly tear up the entire codebase but I'd like to take these guidelines into account when modifying code anyway, although 4) is basically essential IMO.
I agree with all you wrote, and it's always good to keep things simple.However, do not mix clean-ups and "real" fixes, commit them separately. I'm sure you already know that, since you must have seen quite a few "code police" commits in the project.
Linus