Re: [XBoard-devel] Hi from a new member of the xboard team

[Eric Mullins]

On 12/17/2011 3:41 PM, Byrial Jensen wrote:
> I am not very impressed with the maintainability of the code:

Yeah, it's horrid for the reasons you point out.  People write different 
styles of code, and there aren't any standards for what can be applied 
to the master branch.  At least it usually compiles.  Usually.

But you're right.  Every warning that is silenced is a lost opportunity 
to easily catch bugs.

> I would like to improve on these things. However if I make
> non-functional changes to e.g. the master branch, it will make the
> difference between the branches bigger, and it will be harder to move
> code between branches. So I would like to hear your opinions on this.

That would be great.  The tougher problem might be keeping it that way 
once the sources are in shape.