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On Mon, 18 May 2009 01:30:26 +0200 |
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Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote: |
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> >>>>> On Mon, 18 May 2009, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> >> How? Both "limit-1_14" and "erlang-12B5" are valid package names, |
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> >> so how do you determine where PN ends and where PV starts? |
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> > By the time the things we need to get this done end up being |
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> > accepted, we'll probably be using ranged deps, so it won't be an |
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> > issue. |
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> In fact, with GLEP 54 we have the problem already now. |
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> P=foo-1a-scm could mean both of the following: |
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> PN=foo PV=1a-scm |
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> PN=foo-1a PV=scm |
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We've had that problem ever since -100dpi things had to be made legal, |
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and the horrible mess explaining the splitting rules in PMS came about |
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from the last time we had this discussion. This isn't anything new -- |
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it's just something we have to define very carefully. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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