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On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 03:29:27PM +0200, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav wrote:
> Eivind Eklund <eivind@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> > I also tend to like the ::-convention, as it is the same separator as
> > used in various programming languages (Ruby, Perl, C++, etc) and thus
> > already is in the "separator" slot in my mind.  However, in private mail
> > David referred to a previous discussion that he said had resulted in a
> > decision against it.  Is there anybody out there that agree with David
> > in this?
> 
> All previous discussions of which I am aware ended with ports people
> saying "this is how we do things" and David objecting strenuously.  If
> David thinks otherwise, he should provide relevant references to
> archived threads.  Or he could just save us all (and himself) a lot of
> grief, stop worrying, and learn to love the bomb.

Then at least use ':' vs. '::'.

-- 
-- David  (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
Personally I'll be using '%', I don't use Perforce so I don't care about
it being a meta character.