<html> <head> <base href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/"> </head> <body> <div> <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW - automatic row height in reports" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45789#c55">Comment # 55</a> on <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW - automatic row height in reports" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45789">bug 45789</a> from <a class="email" href="mailto:Ulf.Zibis@gmx.de" title="Ulf Zibis <Ulf.Zibis@gmx.de>"> Ulf Zibis</a> <pre>(In reply to Howard Johnson from <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=45789#c54">comment #54</a>) > MY QUESTION: Are code comment-only commits (i.e. comments w/o any code > changes) welcome to the powers that be here? > > I realize that the people who wrote this are probably long gone, so any > comments will only try to recapture some of what was in their heads, and > comments will definitely be a work in progress, so some tolerance for not > getting them right the first time would be appreciated. > > Also my call for comments is not just about this bug. It appears to me that > there are a whole backlog of Base bugs that are in the category of: Given > the volunteer time we have available, 'too hard' to fix right now. > > > Can I get a green light to start to add comments to the code to make it more > readable, AND if yes, is there some community tolerance for how this is to > be done, as any comments might be better than none? > > I have some particular commenting styles I've developed over the years, but > even I don't always stick to my commenting styles. :-) For one I never > like processing comments into documentation, so I don't do that. Comments I > think are to help engineers read the code, period. Hi Howard, I appreciate your offer. I'm not one of the deciders here, I just like to comment, that it might be better to open a new bug fot this. You might have more readers then.</pre> </div> <hr> You are receiving this mail because: <ul> <li>You are the assignee for the bug.</li> </ul> </body> </html>