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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org X-Migadu-Country: US X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN ARC-Seal: i=1; s=key1; d=yhetil.org; t=1680020729; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=KUNv9EaGhxrwAhrNo8M+eH8AmfmISvBZC0C7WRyjPdN5H1P/Qi/qBgLNnH4rM5H+a0X/ye NV67QPHC7FNgZH1t+pOedzc1zQi04Vccy7XuGBeBoG/cIXX6jUqvNMzuZlVzSJrTOUV3am yfNEoOjO4VNDTY5fNINNaXRdOESXMN6wb2IMBDZvflpadS7smEJLxlMFNvztGhTarkVc1c 9Qk+WDr2AQJ84lt6f2OnwPYS0MUu8M/ar+ajMUoM+lfKzxMaM7EX8VaL6WZvTjxYCWaiWa +XmxKi/xqXO7NHTG4wIlaQK1pE0hRkCx1wz7d+JARPAxFjRfAkGrXwqNLUpsxg== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=fail reason="SPF not aligned (relaxed), No valid DKIM" header.from=gmail.com (policy=none); spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of "guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom="guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yhetil.org; s=key1; t=1680020729; h=from:from:sender:sender:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references:list-id:list-help: list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-post; bh=2rG7uu2N8jmDr00R3aIM+dgAj5+XRkhS3/Zm73QWR2s=; b=WYaet1qbkOVjRpnweFFSuSx1ZDqgceMreCBLAxwT9Av6Nn5g7Fliv2MuNRsbY7vvfiCkMf 5dcyDYdIUkqwdscVdioE6iv2t+7VGObPKvuTixzfmisUz9dZnFQOq2aDrzE2b9PY2rZFpk BCKi85II0kmunMPWhqaGea2K0+vH6RUmwcuIWuy+rt4YvWj1QjTAs3m0XG6Nv0EU4/TUAs ZCi3bHmYpgjQIa8nQ255HyWRCvXnGEY4uT4QirIWZ6aEvRtWWJsH53wC68bYwjU4CWda0B XL4RUXU47XXEHEZI0njcHEVlpBRZ8Z7uQGG67KBqEo/OhShAE3pGt2Uhcaig3A== Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=fail reason="SPF not aligned (relaxed), No valid DKIM" header.from=gmail.com (policy=none); spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of "guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom="guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" X-Migadu-Scanner: scn1.migadu.com X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -0.93 X-Spam-Score: -0.93 X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 5612D23AEE X-TUID: EqLnK3gkpFYb On 3/24/23 6:33 AM, Bruno Victal wrote: > I'd like to propose for field specifications in define-configuration to be separated with a > blank line between them. Reason for this is that it makes it much easier on the eyes > to read, rather than being presented with a dense hunk of text to sift through. > > I tend to always insert these blank lines when making changes in these parts to aid reading, > even if they weren't originally present and were not planned to be committed. I'd be happy if > I could simply keep the line separations and avoid the tedious insert-erase ritual. > > I think I'm not alone in this opinion, consider the following snippets: It's funny how sometimes this works out. I was just hacking on a service's configuration and had the same thought. I had spaced everything out so that it wasn't as overwhelming, and with a sigh grouped it all back together because that's how all existing services work. I would definitely appreciate this change in the style standard. -- Katherine