-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2009.02.24 21:23, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:17:57 +0000 > Roy Bamford <neddyseag...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > > PN and PV are metadata, same as EAPI. > > > > So we made a mistake with PN and PV and may compound it with EAPI. > > How long before we *must* have other pieces of information in the > > filename? > > Uh, never. > > > When will the filename get so long as to become unwhieldy ? > > Uh, never. > [snip]
> Except that once we have EAPI in the file extension, we can change > anything we want in arbitrary ways without having to worry about > backwards compatibility, so we won't need silly hacks. > > -- > Ciaran McCreesh > Ciaran, Your response amounts to empty assertions. Never is a long time. It reminds me of a similar assertion that "640kB [of RAM] will be enough for anyone". - -- Regards, Roy Bamford (NeddySeagoon) a member of gentoo-ops forum-mods treecleaners trustees -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkmkcKkACgkQTE4/y7nJvaujMwCdES699P2BXc6VBRKfG4S9As4o CakAnAp8tsStf1NfKp1AEsGAQC8yxuoE =zCeb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
