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28.2; CC Mode: Fix "bsd" style and add "freebsd" and "openbsd" ones
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Message #32 received at 63072 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
> From: Olivier Certner <ocert.dev <at> free.fr>
> Cc: 63072 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2023 15:09:21 +0200
>
> > If the styles don't change in practice, then I'm okay with adding
> > them. But then I wonder why you bothered to mention the fact that
> > they do change.
>
> I thought this was clear, but apparently not. I mentioned the possibility of a
> change, yes, because you and I care about backwards compatibility. To quote
> you: "I don't think we can change a style that was in use for such a long
> time".
>
> There may be changes in the project styles, maybe next month, maybe in ten
> years, maybe in twenty. I do not think the probability is 0 over such a long
> period of time. What I would not want is you or someone else telling me in 10
> or 20 years, after such a change: "I don't think we can change a style that
> was in use for such a long time". What I want instead is that, e.g., "freebsd"
> can be changed as necessary. I specifically do not want to then be told to
> create another style named "freebsd2" or whatever. For that to be possible,
> users must be warned that these styles, although almost always stable, are
> not, and will not, be set in stone for eternity, contrary to, perhaps, "bsd"
> or "whitesmith". And I even offered a scheme with additional styles that will
> never change, if you think that is useful (I think it might be and is so cheap
> to implement that I think we should do it anyway, even if in the end nobody
> uses it).
>
> Is that clear now?
Given all that, I'm not sure we should single out these new styles at
all. Once in 10 years any constant is eligible for a change.
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