Bug#645895: ftp.debian.org: epoch should be part of the .deb file name
Package: ftp.debian.org
Severity: normal
(Cc-ed to debian-devel@l.d.o for their input in whether this would cause
problems anywhere else in the toolchain.)
It's a bit confusing that the file names of .debs don't contain the
epoch. I think we should change that.
I would suggest %-encoding it, so foo-1:1 becomes foo_1%251_all.deb.
The reason to not include a : verbatim is it won't work correctly on all
file systems (: gets translated to / in the UI on Mac OS X and is
disallowed for at least FAT, I'm not sure about NTFS). Also, : is
traditionally how you reference remote files and devices with tar and
scp (and probably more tools), so avoiding : in files names seem
prudent.
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Tollef Fog Heen
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