From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1Eo0F3-0007kc-N2 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 15:14:30 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jBIFDE2p001934; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 15:13:14 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jBIFAMF7016682 for ; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 15:10:23 GMT Received: from dslb-084-063-007-048.pools.arcor-ip.net ([84.63.7.48] helo=[10.0.0.13]) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.54) id 1Eo0B4-0004Ai-5f for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 15:10:22 +0000 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] glep 42 (news) round six From: Patrick Lauer To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20051218145702.GA6507@sympatico.ca> References: <20051218041545.3d4c50d5@snowdrop.home> <20051218145702.GA6507@sympatico.ca> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-5wavEasaElvtGjOy2e3X" Organization: Gentoo Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 16:10:18 +0100 Message-Id: <1134918618.2756.7.camel@localhost> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 X-Archives-Salt: 4c3e6c2d-46b2-4cb1-9cf0-daaa491e737c X-Archives-Hash: 70ac5fd886c01c2dbd01ee6e14393f8d --=-5wavEasaElvtGjOy2e3X Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 09:57 -0500, Philip Webb wrote: > > You are encouraged to reply to this thread > > saying "I agree with ciaranm > > that repository IDs should not be allowed to contain spaces". >=20 > No problem at all there (smile): spaces in names are A Bad Thing for Unix= , > as they conflict with the basic format of the command-line > & were introduced by M$ (Mac ?) to make things easier for idiots. So you're saying long filenames were invented by Microsoft for Windows 95? ;-) As long as programmers don't assume that filenames won't have spaces I don't see the problem > The proper procedure for Unix-type systems is to use an underline symbol. Which "standard" says that, and how silly is that? We're past the 80s, there's no reason to limit filenames to alphanumeric (as I think with the same reasoning you'd forbid unicode ...) > > Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (I can kill you with my brain) > Does your brain really contain that many viruses ... ? Only because it runs Windows ;-) --=20 Stand still, and let the rest of the universe move --=-5wavEasaElvtGjOy2e3X Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2-ecc0.1.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBDpXvaqER3hOUoZM4RAolFAJ4vpA/ZSJsbiwR6q4qdCbWDJogElgCdGMH6 xs/dQPWHjExQKwnIZdhDa5w= =tj1X -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-5wavEasaElvtGjOy2e3X-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list