Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 21:12:10 +0300 From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> To: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/Tools/scripts patchtool.py Message-ID: <3CBF0C7A.D985A815@FreeBSD.org> References: <200204181746.g3IHkgu69548@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020418175216.GA24952@madman.nectar.cc>
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"Jacques A. Vidrine" wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 10:46:42AM -0700, David E. O'Brien wrote: > > * Change path directory separator character back to _. The problem is "::" > > is it makes patch names longer, and many shells autoexpand it to "\:\:" > > which makes them even longer. > > Shucks. It may have been ugly, but at least e.g. foo_bar.c and > foo/bar.c would be unambiguous. The former would be expanded to patch-foo__bar.c, while the latter to patch-foo_bar.c (note the different numbet of `_'s). > I would also really hate to see another great renaming of patch files. > > IMHO there was value in doing it in one consistent, mostly unambiguous > fashion, even if it wasn't `perfect'. `_' isn't perfect either, IMHO, > and I'd rather not change just because it is someone's pet peeve. :( -Maxim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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