[PATCH 4/4] whitespace changes

Damien Miller djm at mindrot.org
Fri Dec 24 15:02:23 AEDT 2021


On Thu, 23 Dec 2021, David Newall wrote:

> On 22/12/21 7:23 pm, Linus Nordberg wrote:
> > Break (most) long lines.
> I don't like this because it adds noise when comparing changes, and it's 
> rooted in very old fashioned thinking wherein lines must be wrapped at 
> 72 characters.  We no longer use punched cards, nor 80x24 terminals; 
> let's not keep doing this.

No, sorry. OpenSSH follows the OpenBSD style guide, which recommends 80
column wrapping.  https://man.openbsd.org/style.9

-d


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