[Squeakfoundation]Re: Refactor tag

[Bert Freudenberg]

Am Montag, 07.04.03 um 21:45 Uhr schrieb Doug Way:
>
> Stephane Ducasse wrote:
>>
>> Hi doug
>>
>> Is there a special tag for the cleaning changeset. In the past I saw
>> [Refactoring], there are simply ENH but in general they do no add
>> anything.
>
> We probably should add an official [REFACTOR] or [REF] or similar tag 
> to the
> list of tags parsed by the SQFIXES page, since it really is separate 
> from
> [ENH], [FIX], etc.  Also add it to the list on
> http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/398.
>
> Sometimes a submission will be a combination of [FIX][REFACTOR] or
> [ENH][REFACTOR], in which case both tags can be used.  But some of the 
> Kernel
> Cleaning Group's submissions will probably just be pure refactorings.
>
> How about [REFACTOR] as the tag?  [REFACTORING] feels too long (much 
> longer
> than the other tags), and [REF] feels kind of short, although [REF] 
> would
> probably be okay too.

I strongly accociate REF with "reference" ... how about RFC? Uh, strong 
association, too. FAC? Could do.

> Does this sound reasonable to you, Bert?

No problem here, I can add any tags you want ;-)

Still, I would consider refactorings to be enhancements for readability 
and maintainability, which are crucial qualities in an authoring 
environment. So I'd prefer posting these with an [ENH] tag. Also I 
prefer to have as few tags as possible. Cognitive load, you know ;-)

Anyway, if you want me to add anything, just let me know.

-- Bert