Messages in this thread |  | | From | Daniel Phillips <> | Subject | Re: Coding style - a non-issue | Date | Fri, 30 Nov 2001 19:43:01 +0100 |
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On November 30, 2001 07:13 pm, Larry McVoy wrote: > On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 06:49:11PM +0100, Daniel Phillips wrote: > > On the other hand, the idea of a coding style hall of shame - publicly > > humiliating kernel contributers - is immature and just plain silly. It's > > good to have a giggle thinking about it, but that's where it should stop. > > If you've got a more effective way of getting people to do the right thing, > lets hear it. Remember, the goal is to protect the source base, not your, > my, or another's ego.
Yes, lead by example, it's at least as effective. Maybe humiliation works at Sun, when you're getting a paycheck, but in the world of volunteer development it just makes people walk.
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