[Pki-devel] code formatting on the trunk

Hi all, One of the things that came up recently is the idea of doing an automatic reformatting of the code to match the project's coding standards (after they have been reviewed). This would provide a nice, clean basis on which any future development would occur - and by setting up eclipse appropriately, any new code could be assured to follow the coding standards. So if we do this, I'd like to do it as soon as possible so that future changes are not obscured. A couple of concerns: 1. Once this is done on the trunk, merges of code fixes from the 8.X branch to trunk will be much more difficult - in fact they may all be manual. 2. Auto-reformatting may actually result in code that is less readable in some cases. That is, in some cases, the developer deliberately formatted things in such a way as to improve readability. 3. We may make it more difficult to track history on the trunk. But this is mitigated by the fact that history is present on the 8.x branch. The alternative is to just ensure coding standards are met in any new code added. What does everyone think? Ade