[Qgis-psc] QEP 400: Code style and practice guidelines - call for discussion

[Nyall Dawson]

On Tue, 31 Dec 2024 at 19:16, Nyall Dawson <nyall.dawson at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> I've just opened https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/pull/314 "Code style and practice guidelines". This QEP documents coding standards and conventions used throughout the QGIS code base.
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> It is initially intended as a formal description of CURRENT CODE PRACTICES ONLY, which can be later modified and revised (in an atomic manner) if we want to change any of these standards. As such, please refrain from using this initial request as a place to discuss changes to current practice. Rather, let's keep discussion focused on whether this is an accurate and complete description of our current coding practices. 👍
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> The end goal here is having a formal policy in place describing all our coding conventions, which will help ease new developers into contributing effectively to QGIS and remove some of the unspoken assumptions surrounding QGIS development.
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> Please leave discussion and questions on https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/pull/314 so that we have a formal record of the discussion.

This QEP was accepted with approval from Julien Cabieces, Even
Rouault, Matthias Kuhn, Alessandro Pasotti and Denis Rouzaud.

All QGIS developers are encouraged to read over
https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Enhancement-Proposals/blob/master/qep-314-coding-style.md
and familiarise themselves with the new required coding conventions.

Thanks to all involved!
Nyall