Re: Underscores: cgi_modules, npasswd_boulder, ucbmpeg_play
On Fri, 24 May 1996, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Underscores are not permitted in package names.
Why? I never heard a reasoned argument for this, during the last "package
nameing" thread. Can you make it clear why this is not allowed?
The fact that we are going to require them in file name context but
disallow them in control file context is going to yield a high degree of
confusion for users when trying to find out the status of a package's
installation.
OTOH, if dpkg "corrected" the package file argument from it's command line
before using the name (via replacement of all _ with -) the user would
never have to know about the difference.
Thanks for your time,
Dwarf
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