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Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 13:08:23 +0200
From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
To: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
Cc: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de>, apw@shadowen.org,
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Subject: Re: [patch] checkpatch: relax spacing and line length
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> 
> >     This also relaxes the tab doctrine, because spaces DO make sense --
> >     especially when you view the code with a tab setting of not-8.
> >...
> 
> In the kernel all tabs are 8 spaces wide.
> 
> When you view the code with a different setting that's your fault.
And for other kernel developers tabs are for indention, spaces for alignment.

Forget it - the world will not unify about this.

	Sam