[SCM] libebml packaging branch, master, updated. debian/0.7.7-3.1-14-g552a014

[Jonas Smedegaard]

On Tue, Jun 08, 2010 at 03:03:25PM +0200, Reinhard Tartler wrote:
>On Tue, Jun 08, 2010 at 14:11:19 (CEST), Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Jun 08, 2010 at 01:37:24PM +0200, Reinhard Tartler wrote:
>>>On Tue, Jun 08, 2010 at 11:36:44 (CEST), Jonas Smedegaard wrote:

>>>> I suggest to only state unusual things, not defaults.

>>>What problem does this solve?

>> It solves no "problem", but improves readability to not list 
>> unnecessary information.

>> It seems from above that you consider the information necessary.  
>> Could you elaborate on that, as I fail to understand how that is.
>
>I general I agree that readability and maintainability is of course 
>something that we should at least try to maintain. In this particular 
>case we are talking about a very clear and very simple configuration 
>file. Since the file itself is already dead simple, I don't think that 
>in this case readability and/or maintainability is improved by removing 
>the lines. Au contraire, leaving them in assures that the last person 
>working on it documents that he assumes these default setting to be in 
>place.
>
>Heck, I'm writing way more lines to describe the situation than the 
>file in question is long. We are really overdoing it here..

You are writing lots of lines not answering my question.

No need to waste more time on this: You clearly disagree with me.


  - Jonas

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