Re: underscores
On Mon, 27 May 1996, Bruce Perens wrote:
> > A: package-name_1.2.3-1_i386.deb
> > B: package_name-1.2.3_1-i386.deb
> [...]
> > Which ever of the available "good choices" are
> > implemented they need to be implemented *completely* and enforced
> > uniformly across the distribution or there will only be chaos as a result.
>
> In my honest opinion convention "A" is easier to explain. It also
> tends to do the right thing even with such simple-minded Unix commands
> as "sort -t_", "cut -d_", and so on.
>
As I said, A is just fine. What is much more important is that it be
TOTALY enforced. Any deviations from the rule must be correctable at the
package archive.
Luck,
Dwarf
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