[petsc-dev] Not a single person has approved the MR for allowing the use of clang-format on the repository

[Mark Adams]

only thing left is stag and tao.
Both now have single point failure modes now that Alp and Patrick are gone.

On Sun, Aug 7, 2022 at 7:06 AM Stefano Zampini <stefano.zampini at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Just did it. I'm on vacation these days
>
> On Sat, Aug 6, 2022, 16:31 Barry Smith <bsmith at petsc.dev> wrote:
>
>>
>>   Note that this MR does not clang-format the repository nor require that
>> future MR satisfy the clang-format (yet). It merely fixes up everything
>> needed so that we can clang-format the repository.
>> https://gitlab.com/petsc/petsc/-/merge_requests/5455 in the future.
>>
>>   Not a single person has approved the MR; so it appears that everyone,
>> including Jed, does not like the idea of having a way of automatically
>> formatting the repository to eliminate much of the white-space chasing that
>> drives Satish nuts.
>>
>>   This is frustrating; why would anyone go through the effort of
>> contributing to PETSc based on long-term requests for improvements if
>> everything just hangs ?
>>
>>   If you object to the MR, please note it in the MR otherwise, at least a
>> few people, please approve the MR.
>>
>>    Barry
>>
>>
>>
>>
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