Thomas-
I like sometimes to print a piece of code. Without reformating it.
But that's what code formatters are for. I'm no fan of hard line breaks -- I have a reasonably large screen, and with all the whitespace that's necessary for well formatted code, I need to make use of it in order to make basic constructs visible. IMHO this kind of formatting should be done dynamically as needed.
I'm more interested in things like those I mailed some weeks ago: http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2003-June/004376.html (still unanswered, of course ;)
The general answer to questions like this is "just do it". Use your own best judgment.
Or the policy should clear the topic of a ''code freeze'', which is never lifted, but nobody seems to remember that.
Well, I do remember it, and what Lee originally wrote is http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=wikitech-l&m=105366788222813&w=2 "I'd like to strongly suggest that we put the software into feature freeze for at least a week until all the wikis are fully functional with the latest software, and they can all be updated from the scripts in the distribution."
We all observed the code freeze for a week as Lee suggested, but nobody did the necessary updates. Making updates easier is one of the reasons behind the new development policy.
Regards,
Erik