Re: Shell script cleanups/style changes?

From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Date: Aug 2, 2007, 18:13 UTC
Message-ID: <20070802181315.GE2431@uranus.ravnborg.org>
In-Reply-To: <f158199e0708020748o5cac4505ic76bfb39f25ab1f8@mail.gmail.com>

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> Obviously, you aren't too concerned about 1 (the cost to you), because
> you're willing to do that work.  However, if I were Junio, I wouldn't
> be willing to "spend" costs 2 and 3 on a patch that didn't either fix
> a problem or provide a new feature.

For any decent codebase there is a need to keep the code clean. Being part of the linux-kernel community we see clean-up patches each day and a lot are applied. Even spelling errors in comments are sometimes applied.

Do not underestimate the value of a clean codebase.

Sam

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