commit: 5f62c85c4fd71be0a2cac388ad2da20c56d42b3d
Author: Michał Górny <mgorny <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Tue Nov 21 17:16:19 2017 +0000
Commit: Michał Górny <mgorny <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Sat Nov 25 20:49:16 2017 +0000
URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/glep.git/commit/?id=5f62c85c
glep-0074: Mention that newline needs to be restricted too in rationale
glep-0074.rst | 11 ++++++-----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/glep-0074.rst b/glep-0074.rst
index 278882d..d0750f5 100644
--- a/glep-0074.rst
+++ b/glep-0074.rst
@@ -570,11 +570,12 @@ technically problematic groups:
written using C. Furthermore, it is not allowed in any known
filesystem.
-2. Whitespace characters are used to separate Manifest fields. While
- technically it would be enough to restrict space (``U+0020``)
- character that is normally used as the separator, all whitespace
- characters are forbidden to avoid confusion and implementation
- errors.
+2. Whitespace characters are used to separate Manifest fields
+ and entries. While technically it would be enough to restrict space
+ (``U+0020``) character that is normally used as the separator
+ and newline (``U+000A``) character that is used to separate lines,
+ all whitespace characters are forbidden to avoid confusion
+ and implementation errors.
While the specification could be extended to allow such filenames
by using some form of escaping, there is currently no apparent need
