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Re: dchanges and changes file format

Bruce Perens writes ("Re:  dchanges and changes file format"):
> > The new filename format would be:
> > <pkgname>--<version>[--<arch>]--<ext>
> 
> If you insist on parse-able filenames, please use "=" instead of "--".
> Either one is equally ugly, the first is shorter and easier to type.

Obviously the aesthetics and convenience are something we can all
argue about :-).  However, there is a good reason for not using `=':
it is used as a metacharacter in far more contexts: for example, shell
variable assignment and MIME quoted-printable encoding, to name but
two.

If we do have parseable filenames I'd like to add something to the
Guidelines saying that filenames should not usually be parsed; instead
tools should look inside the file with dpkg-deb or use the Packages
file or some other well-defined mechanism.

> For architectures, a single letter should be used. Can someone tell us again
> please what letters they are using for Red Hat?

Why should we use a single letter ?  This is simply obfuscation.  Disk
and network traffic are not now so expensive that we have to make
field values be single characters to save space ...

> At this point I am leaning the other way, toward removing the versions and
> revisions from file names, as they have been nothing but trouble up to now.
> foo-0.93.43-1.deb would become foo.deb .

I disagree, strongly.  This information is very useful.

Ian.