[mythtv] Naming convention for constants

[Gary Buhrmaster]

On Tue, Jan 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM David Hampton via mythtv-dev
<mythtv-dev at mythtv.org> wrote:

> We could certainly switch to 'k_', but then clang-tidy will complain
> about any constants in the current 'k[A-Z].+' format.  I'm willing to
> do the work to change all of them to 'k_' if that's the group
> consensus.

A coding style is a coding style.  As long
as everyone follows it, it does not matter
what the style is.  There are many parts
of the MythTV coding style I do not like,
but it is still a style.

Some people feel very strongly about
their own preferences, but ultimately
is usually about their own ego, not
functionality.

Unless the project developers think that
the best use of their (limited) resources is
rearranging the deck chair of the
titanic, they should let sleeping dogs
lie.

I do remember in a past life assigning an
intern (that everyone agreed had no real
clue, and would not be hired because
they wasted everyone's time by going off
on useless efforts based on their lack of
actual clue, so any work product would
be thrown away when then left) to do
such meaningless work because they
could be distracted from causing other
issues with their useless work product
(I am sure they believed they had clue,
and they certainly had an ego, but they
actually had zero clue).

If the project has someone whose
work product is of such uselessness
that it should be thrown away, let them
make the effort.  I would prefer the
developers prioritize work with real
productive results (like Vulkan and
Wayland work).