files/patch-* pathname separators (was Re: cvs commit:
ports/games Makefile ...)
Alexander Leidinger
Alexander at Leidinger.net
Wed Apr 21 07:59:03 PDT 2004
On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 10:43:05 +0000
Eivind Eklund <eivind at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> > Good idea. Please suggest some evil-less chars (like `+') for
> > separators, and (*begging*) discourage porters from using ``patch-xx''
> > scheme, and commit your patch!
>
> New patch suggestion:
> are patched, such as <filename>patch-Imakefile</filename> or
> - <filename>patch-src-config.h</filename>. These files should
> + <filename>patch-src+config.h</filename>. These filenames are
'+' is used in URLs to encode a space. Someone who wants to provide
patch downloads via http may not like this, as he has to escape the '+'.
Nobody suggested ',' or '§' yet...
It's a can of worms,
Alexander.
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