Mathieu Lirzin (2015-12-23 00:23 +0300) wrote: [...] > In fact I think that having the same character for separating words and > version is a design flaw.
Wow, I didn't think about it before. And I totally agree! > This brings non desirable limitations when > choosing a package name (as shown in this bug report) and/or requires a > complex parsing algorithm. We could use a reserved character instead > (just like we do for multiple outputs). Great idea! I also think it would be a right decision to have different separators for package name words, versions and outputs. > My proposition would be to have > ':' for versions and '/' for outputs, like this: > > guile:1.8/doc > xterm-256-color:320 > emacs:24.5/out > > WDYT? The choice of the separator characters doesn't really matter I think. I would prefer '_' and ':', i.e. 'emacs-foo-bar_24.5:out'. -- Alex
