On May 4, 2011, at 3:08 AM, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> On Tue, 3 May 2011, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
>
>> <On Wed, 27 Apr 2011, Michael Witten wrote:
>>> sed -i "s/[ $(printf '\t')]\{1,\}\$//" trunk/gcc/doc/extend.texi
>>
>> I believe we usually don't do whitespace changes just for the sake
>> of cleaning up things.
>>
>> Unless someone else indicates otherwise, I believe this patch is
>> rejected.
>
> I think we *should* make such formatting cleanups (not just trailing
> whitespace removal, but other changes to match formatting conventions,
> including fixing leading whitespace in C code to use tabs where it doesn't
> as well as more visible changes)
gcc had that policy for years and years. To return to that, we just need a
maintainer to approve or pre-approve these changes. :-) Then, buy some
popcorn and watch the fight (if any).
