Re: Add "format" target to make and ninja to run pgindent and pgperltidy

Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org> writes:
> v3-0007-pgindent-Integrate-pgperltidy-functionality-into-.patch
> v3-0008-pgindent-Add-easy-way-of-getting-perltidy.patch

> Still need to check these in more detail. They will probably carry over
> into PG20.

I still think that 0007 and 0008 need to be rejected, not postponed.
There is no cleanup that will make them acceptable in my eyes.

We did not start expecting commits to be pgindent-clean until pgindent
was integrated into our tree, providing (a) simple management of the
One True Version to use for each branch and (b) a trivial, safe way
to get that version. We will never put perltidy into our tree, so
I don't see that it can ever be on the same footing as pgindent.
The 0008 patch doesn't fix that, and in fact I think it would be
dangerous to even provide that script in our tree. It's a supply-
chain attack waiting to happen. Even if it were guaranteed 100%
secure, too many developers are subject to (perfectly reasonable)
corporate security policies that would look with disfavor on
unauthorized installation of Perl modules.

regards, tom lane