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Date:      Wed, 21 Apr 2004 17:09:15 +0300
From:      Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@portaone.com>
To:        =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
Cc:        cvs-ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: files/patch-* pathname separators
Message-ID:  <4086808B.9020308@portaone.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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Dag-Erling Smørgrav 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

Exactly my impression.

-Maxim

> 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.
> 
> DES




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