Re: .deb filename parsing *again*

[Rob Browning <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>]

>>>>> "I" == Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> writes:

I> Axioms - I assert these, and do not want to debate them:

All true.

I> A few days ago it occurred to me that in most of the contexts that
I> are relevant here the character # is not a metacharacter.  This
I> leads me to suggest, tentatively, the use of
I> <packagename>-#<version>.<arch>.deb in the Incoming directory (as
I> uploaded) and <packagename>-#<version>.deb in the binary-<arch>
I> distribution directories.

Won't this mean that we always have to double quote all filenames in
bash since # is the comment character?  (But I suppose you already
thought of that...)  So I suppose I prefer version "A", but I don't
really care as long as we do something consistent, and settle it soon.

I> should be NO FURTHER DEBATE unless someone can convince at least

Agreed.

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Rob