Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:43:23 -0500 (EST)
From: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
To: kevin granade <kevin.granade@gmail.com>
cc: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl>, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu,
       Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
       Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
       Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>, dm-devel@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Drop 80-character limit in checkpatch.pl
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> Note: I'm not specifically arguing for keeping the 80-column rule, the
> project I work on uses 100 columns, and that's quite workable, but I
> haven't had any problem working with 80 columns as a limit either.  I
> do however think that just removing the limit without replacing it
> with something better is a bad idea.
> 
> -Kevin Granade

But think what happens when someone views that 100-char code on 80-char 
terminal (or for example 94-char, that I used for some times too) --- 
every second line will be wasted with just 20 characters on the left. On 
the other hand, if you have unlimited line length, it will look better on 
80-char terminal.

Mikulas
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