Re: [gentoo-pms] [PATCH] Make it clear that PMs are allowed to handle 'invalid' names.

[Michał Górny]

On Sun, 23 Sep 2012 09:55:18 +0200
Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote:

> >>>>> On Sun, 23 Sep 2012, Michał Górny wrote:
>
> >> >  \section{Restrictions upon Names}
> >> >
> >> > -No name may be empty. Package managers must not impose fixed upper boundaries upon the length of any
> >> > -name. A package manager should indicate or reject any name that is invalid according to these rules.
> >> > +No name may be empty. Package managers must not impose fixed upper
> >> > +boundaries upon the length of any name. A package manager should
> >> > +indicate or reject any name that is invalid according to these rules.
> >> > +Package managers are allowed to accept names not following those rules.
>
> [Restored proper line breaks, for readability.]
>
> >> "Here's some rules.  You must abide by them.  Or you can ignore them."
>
> The existing spec only says "a package manager should indicate or
> reject any name that is invalid". So it is sufficient if the PM emits
> a warning, even with the current spec.
>
> > That's wording ulm suggested,
>
> Huh, where? All the wording is yours. (On IRC I had only quoted one
> sentence from your previous pastebin.)

Really? I guess it was so late I thought you suggested me to use just
that sentence...

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Best regards,
Michał Górny