Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 12:11:11 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> To: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/Tools/scripts patchtool.py Message-ID: <20020418121111.A97619@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20020418175903.GA25057@madman.nectar.cc>; from nectar@FreeBSD.org on Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 12:59:04PM -0500 References: <200204181746.g3IHkgu69548@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020418175216.GA24952@madman.nectar.cc> <20020418105426.A91050@dragon.nuxi.com> <20020418175903.GA25057@madman.nectar.cc>
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On Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 12:59:04PM -0500, Jacques A. Vidrine wrote: > On Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 10:54:26AM -0700, David O'Brien wrote: > > Please suggest another character to use. Do you like ^, %, @, or > > something else better? > > Why does there need to be another character? `::' works well. It is > the path separator on at least one other platform. It is extremely > unlikely to be used in the path names of ports. And IMHO most > importantly: that's what is in use in hundreds of ports in CVS right > now. > > In other words, with no compelling reason to change the convention, > please don't change it. The fact that the shell you use expands :: to > \:\: is not compelling. No that is not the only reason -- did you even read the emails following up to this commit? The other was that / -> ::, which causes even longer names that the orginial path. Please pick another SINGLE character, and strongly perfered, one that is not expanded with escapes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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