[Fedora-packaging] Re: Strawman: standardize 8-space tab width

[Ralf Corsepius]

On 08/21/2009 08:52 AM, Axel Thimm wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 01:20:08AM -0400, Seth Vidal wrote:
>> On Thu, 20 Aug 2009, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
>>
>>> After seeing an argument in a review over someone using a five-space tab
>>> width (?!), I submit the following for flameage:
>>>
>>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingDrafts/Tabs
>>>
>>
>> how about no tabs at all. With the exception of fortran and makefiles
>> let's hang tabs out to die a cold, unloved death.
>
> Yes, please! Especially half-mixed specfiles are fun. Isn't there an
> emacs/vim mode for specfiles that could be modified to automatically
> untabbify specfiles upon the next edit?

... and tab sensitive portions of a spec (such as Makefile fragments) 
will be corrupted ...