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Date:      Wed, 21 Apr 2004 22:29:02 +0700
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@nsu.ru>
To:        Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>
Cc:        cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: files/patch-* pathname separators (was Re: cvs commit: ports/games Makefile ...)
Message-ID:  <20040421152902.GA8415@regency.nsu.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20040421130814.25f6b30d@Magellan.Leidinger.net>
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> <20040421095427.GA82398@regency.nsu.ru> <20040421104305.GB5052@FreeBSD.org> <20040421130814.25f6b30d@Magellan.Leidinger.net>

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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@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..

./danfe



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