Re: [boost] SVN commit and inspection checks?

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-08-04 10:08:24

Henrik Sundberg wrote:
> 2007/8/3, Douglas Gregor <dgregor_at_[hidden]>:
>> John Maddock wrote:
>>> Just wondering, but can we set up the SVN commit script to verify the file
>>> with our inspect program before a commit is allowed?  No doubt folks will be
>>> greatly annoyed by this at first, but at least we should gradually get those
>>> inspection-failures fixed that way :-)
>>>
>> Yes, we can. We're already doing checks for MIME types, end-of-line
>> styles, and well-formed XML.
>>
>> Typically, I'd like to have all of the problems fixed for files in the
>> repository before putting in a check for those problems, so that
>> everything is consistent. However, this might be one case where it makes
>> sense to put in the checks first.
> 
> I definitely agree. Everyone active enough to commit ought to be
> interested enough to fix warnings.

Ditto. I think this is well worth pursuing.

--Beman