Re: [boost] Volunteering to fix inspection issues

Subject: Re: [boost] Volunteering to fix inspection issues
From: Jeremiah Willcock (jewillco_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-04-20 12:49:10

On Tue, 20 Apr 2010, Eric Niebler wrote:

>
> On 4/19/2010 8:59 AM, Jeremiah Willcock wrote:
>> I am willing to do another sweep for tabs, files not ending in newlines,
>> easy-to-fix broken links, etc. in the trunk and/or release branch.
>> Should I do that?  I did this before, but do not remember the procedure
>> fully.  I'm assuming that I do the fixes in the trunk then (maybe) merge
>> them into the release branch using SVN.  Is that the right procedure?
>> Are there any limits on which libraries I should do fixes in (other than
>> the inspection code itself which purposely has issues)?  Should I pull
>> changes over to the release branch for cosmetic things (after testing
>> them on the trunk)?
>>
>
> Jeremiah,
>
> Thanks for volunteering! Yes, that sounds like a good procedure. I don't
> think we need to get every maintainers' permission to fix tabs and
> newlines in their code. Trunk first, then merge to release. (That could
> prove tricky if your changes conflict with other unmerged changes. Oh
> well.) I would avoid making cosmetic changes -- just the inspection
> stuff. (E.g., don't change formatting at all. Seems innocuous, but it
> can make diffs difficult.)

Yes, I won't change formatting (other than tab expansion).  Did you want 
me to do the trunk only as per your previous email?

-- Jeremiah Willcock