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Re: parseable filenames

Bruce Perens writes:
>
>I wrote:
>> VERSION_NAME: [^-]*     # With emphasis to use something that
>>                         # can be sorted reliably. This may mean
>>                         # converting "Beta1" to a ".1" on the end
>>                         # of a number, etc.
>
>Sorry, this was not what Ian intended. I think his intent was for
>the version name to be any character string. The file name can
>still be parsed unambiguously if the package name doesn't contain
>dashes.
>

Currently you are allowed the following chars in package names
(according to the guidelines)  "a-z A-Z 0-9 - + . @ : = % _"

Currently only "A-Z a-z 0-9 _ - + ." are actually used.  

_ is only used in gs_* things and should probably be - anyway.

So instead of converting - -> _ why not just use _ ?  Saves a lot of
bother.

Also why not ban @ : = % while we are at it.  They may be useful
sometime in the future for further dividing package name space or
something.

(Not that I am conviced of the need.)

Andy.