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Date:      Sun, 25 Apr 2004 15:52:20 -0700
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav <des@des.no>
Cc:        cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: files/patch-* pathname separators
Message-ID:  <20040425225220.GB8498@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <xzphdvdv4qw.fsf@dwp.des.no>
References:  <200404181922.i3IJMkTf044706@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040419032304.GA61048@regency.nsu.ru> <20040419103101.GB26102@dragon.nuxi.com> <20040419110810.GA24385@regency.nsu.ru> <20040420200903.GA6174@dragon.nuxi.com> <20040421094050.GA5052@FreeBSD.org> <40864E82.90904@portaone.com> <xzpu0zdv7hb.fsf@dwp.des.no> <20040421130214.GC5052@FreeBSD.org> <xzphdvdv4qw.fsf@dwp.des.no>

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On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 03:29:27PM +0200, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav wrote:
> Eivind Eklund <eivind@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> > I also tend to like the ::-convention, as it is the same separator as
> > used in various programming languages (Ruby, Perl, C++, etc) and thus
> > already is in the "separator" slot in my mind.  However, in private mail
> > David referred to a previous discussion that he said had resulted in a
> > decision against it.  Is there anybody out there that agree with David
> > in this?
> 
> All previous discussions of which I am aware ended with ports people
> saying "this is how we do things" and David objecting strenuously.  If
> David thinks otherwise, he should provide relevant references to
> archived threads.  Or he could just save us all (and himself) a lot of
> grief, stop worrying, and learn to love the bomb.

Then at least use ':' vs. '::'.

-- 
-- David  (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
Personally I'll be using '%', I don't use Perforce so I don't care about
it being a meta character.



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