I've seen people "fix" stuff by adding a "/>" as that's "better".
Other than that, I don't really care because as you mentioned it doesn't really matter. But the needless churn is a bit annoying at times, so not a bad thing to get the message out that it's a XHTML thing and doesn't matter in HTML.
Other than that, I don't really care because as you mentioned it doesn't really matter. But the needless churn is a bit annoying at times, so not a bad thing to get the message out that it's a XHTML thing and doesn't matter in HTML.