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On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 09:57 -0500, Philip Webb wrote: |
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> > You are encouraged to reply to this thread |
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> > saying "I agree with ciaranm |
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> > that repository IDs should not be allowed to contain spaces". |
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> No problem at all there (smile): spaces in names are A Bad Thing for Unix, |
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> as they conflict with the basic format of the command-line |
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> & were introduced by M$ (Mac ?) to make things easier for idiots. |
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So you're saying long filenames were invented by Microsoft for Windows |
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95? ;-) |
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As long as programmers don't assume that filenames won't have spaces I |
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don't see the problem |
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> The proper procedure for Unix-type systems is to use an underline symbol. |
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Which "standard" says that, and how silly is that? |
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We're past the 80s, there's no reason to limit filenames to alphanumeric |
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(as I think with the same reasoning you'd forbid unicode ...) |
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> > Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (I can kill you with my brain) |
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> Does your brain really contain that many viruses ... ? |
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Only because it runs Windows ;-) |
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