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Sorry, wrong patch. That one added the style requirement to the project
contribution guidelines. This is the one that added the .jscsrc config:

https://review.openstack.org/#/c/185725/

On Tue, 16 Jun 2015 at 14:21 Richard Jones <r1chardj0n3s at gmail.com> wrote:

> JSCS in Horizon has been extended with the John Papa style guidelines to
> enforce consistent angularjs code style*. It's no longer just a findbug
> tool. I don't have time to investigate - can ESLint perform the same role
> for Horizon?
>
> Current Horizon activity involves a whole lot of bringing code into line
> with that style (and other JSCS check fails).
>
>
>       Richard
>
> * https://review.openstack.org/#/c/181311/
>
> On Tue, 16 Jun 2015 at 09:40 Michael Krotscheck <krotscheck at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm restarting this thread with a different subject line to get a broader
>> audience. Here's the original thread:
>> http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-June/066040.html
>>
>> The question at hand is "What will be OpenStack's javascript equivalent
>> of flake8". I'm going to consider the need for common formatting rules to
>> be self-evident. Here's the lay of the land so far:
>>
>>    - Horizon currently uses JSCS.
>>    - Refstack uses Eslint.
>>    - Merlin doesn't use anything.
>>    - StoryBoard (deprecated) uses eslint.
>>    - Nobody agrees on rules.
>>
>> *JSCS*
>> JSCS Stands for "JavaScript CodeStyle". Its mission is to enforce a style
>> guide, yet it does not check for potential bugs, variable overrides, etc.
>> For those tests, the team usually defers to (preferred) JSHint, or ESLint.
>>
>> *JSHint*
>> Ever since JSCS was extracted from JSHint, it has actively removed rules
>> that enforce code style, and focused on findbug style tests instead. JSHint
>> still contains the "Do no evil" license, therefore is not an option for
>> OpenStack, and has been disqualified.
>>
>> *ESLint*
>> ESLint's original mission was to be an OSI compliant replacement for
>> JSHint, before the JSCS split. It wants to be a one-tool solution.
>>
>> My personal opinion/recommendation: Based on the above, I recommend we
>> use ESLint. My reasoning: It's one tool, it's extensible, it does both
>> codestyle things and bug finding things, and it has a good license. JSHint
>> is disqualified because of the license. JSCS is disqualified because it is
>> too focused, and only partially useful on its own.
>>
>> I understand that this will mean some work by the Horizon team to bring
>> their code in line with a new parser, however I personally consider this to
>> be a good thing. If the code is good to begin with, it shouldn't be that
>> difficult.
>>
>> This thread is not there to argue about which rules to enforce. Right now
>> I just want to nail down a tool, so that we can (afterwards) have a
>> discussion about which rules to activate.
>>
>> Michael
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