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On So, 2009-05-24 at 20:04 +0200, lxnay@××××××××××××.org wrote: |
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> >> app-admin/equo (sabayon overlay -- Entropy Framework client) supports |
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> >> the postfix "@repository" to let users force the installation of a |
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> >> package from a specific repository. |
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> > @ is used by Portage for sets. Paludis has been using ::repo for repo |
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> > dependencies for years. Why not go with the established syntax? |
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> I wrote "postfix" not "prefix". Sets use "@" prefix. |
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Your @ is still a prefix for the repository name. |
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For usability's sake, please don't do this. I can imagine users getting |
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confused over the different meanings of the @ sign. |
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I do not want to trigger a discussion like the one PHP had when choosing |
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namespace separators, but we got the "::" established in Paludis and |
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Paludis is used by way more Gentoo people than equo. |
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So it only seems logical to me to use the wider-known and at the same |
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time ambiguity-free "operator". |
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Alex |
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