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On Tue, 12 May 2020, Markus Elfring wrote:

> > Markus, if you were to write a patch to improve upon coding-style.rst, 
> > who should review it?
> 
> All involved contributors have got chances to provide constructive 
> comments.

But how could someone be elevated to "involved contributor" if their 
patches were to be blocked by arbitrary application of the rules?

> I would be curious who will actually dare to contribute further ideas 
> for this area.
> 

You seem to be uniquely positioned to do that, if only because you cited 
rules which don't appear to support your objection.

> 
> > If you are unable to write or review such a patch, how can you hope to 
> > adjudicate compliance?
> 
> I can also try to achieve more improvements here to see how the 
> available software documentation will evolve.
> 

When the people who write and review the coding standards are the same 
people who write and review the code, the standards devolve (given the 
prevailing incentives).

> Regards, 
> Markus
>