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Why are you against changing the format and fixing the mixed using of tabs and white spaces?
That's a rule here. Leaving in extraneous patches will get the patch rejected. If you insist on changing whitespace, do it in a separate patch (which, by the way, will also likely get rejected.)
So, whether or not he (or I, or anyone except AJ) is against it, your patch will get rejected as-is. Follow Vitaliy's advice to increase the likelihood of it getting accepted. --Juan