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On 2009.02.24 21:23, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:17:57 +0000 |
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> Roy Bamford <neddyseagoon@g.o> wrote: |
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> > > PN and PV are metadata, same as EAPI. |
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> > |
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> > So we made a mistake with PN and PV and may compound it with EAPI. |
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> > How long before we *must* have other pieces of information in the |
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> > filename? |
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> Uh, never. |
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> > When will the filename get so long as to become unwhieldy ? |
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> Uh, never. |
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[snip] |
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> Except that once we have EAPI in the file extension, we can change |
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> anything we want in arbitrary ways without having to worry about |
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> backwards compatibility, so we won't need silly hacks. |
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> -- |
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> Ciaran McCreesh |
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Ciaran, |
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Your response amounts to empty assertions. Never is a long time. |
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It reminds me of a similar assertion that "640kB [of RAM] will be |
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enough for anyone". |
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Regards, |
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Roy Bamford |
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