{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/feross/standard/issues/108","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/feross/standard/issues/108/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/feross/standard/issues/108/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/feross/standard/issues/108/events","html_url":"https://github.com/feross/standard/issues/108","id":67182867,"number":108,"title":"should most rules be strictly enforced? ","user":{"login":"RnbWd","id":5370305,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5370305?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/RnbWd","html_url":"https://github.com/RnbWd","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/RnbWd/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/RnbWd/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/RnbWd/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/RnbWd/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/RnbWd/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/RnbWd/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/RnbWd/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/RnbWd/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/RnbWd/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2015-04-08T17:50:07Z","updated_at":"2015-04-08T17:50:07Z","closed_at":null,"body":"I'm putting this out there just to see if there's an opinion on the subject.\r\n\r\nMost of the rules enforced are strict (`[2, always/never]`), very few `1's`. Is there a process to determine the importance of rule? Like... semicolons maybe (i know :do_not_litter:)? This has been discussed already, and semistandard is an alternative for people who LOVE semicolons, but I'm fine without them 80% of the time. I'm legitimately curious why semicolons are strictly enforced instead of passively enforced (`semi: 0` or `semi: [1, never]`. Are there major downsides to using semicolons in general? I can change the settings, ignore it, etc. - but back to the point - is there a priority of rules?\r\n\r\nI really like standard. Not only for convenience (I've wasted so much time configuring jshintrc files) - *conceptually, philosophically, culturally* - it's a great move :raised_hands:. But is there wiggle room? Would it benefit standard by laxing some of the rules? Or would it contradict the principles standard is based upon? \r\n\r\nTwo side notes: Is there any informal / open committee that would maybe vote on this (4-5 great dev's like @maxogen and @substack getting together)? Because it blew up - and I'd like it to actually be a standard independent of w3c / corporations. Also, was there a setting changed a week or 2 ago about named function () spacing?"}}