files/patch-* pathname separators (was Re: cvs commit: ports/games Makefile ...)

[Alexander Leidinger]

On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 22:29:02 +0700
Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe at nsu.ru> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 01:08:14PM +0200, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> > 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...
> 
> Comma is nice, but `?' has to be excaped to..

It's not a question mark, it's a "double S" one above the other. Ok, so
this sign is rejected too now.

Bye,
Alexander.

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