On Nov 20, 2007 5:03 PM, Jason Trump <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Semicolon looks fine to me. I just won't get my check from the company > that makes '@' keys.
lol xavier > > -jason > > > > > > > > > > > > > > One suggestion is to replace ';' with '@' to separate module name > from > > > > version. '@' is used to append a version number to commands in SVN > > (and > > > > some other systems I think), so it will be familiar to many people. > > The > > > > reading of '@' as "at" works naturally too, E.g. > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > "ant at 1.7.0 depends on xercesImpl at 2.8.1" > > > > > > > > > Indeed, it sounds good. My only concern with that is that we already > use > > > the @ in the revision when none is provided (working@<machine name> > to > > be > > > precise). So it may be confusing while reading the console. A solution > > could > > > be to update this default revision. > > > > > > Maybe others have opinion to express? > > > > > > > I like also the @, but I fear that it could give problems on some > mailing > > list archives [1]. Everything following the @ > > is replaced by ... (Note that for the machine name, it is probably not > an > > issue, and it is even maybe a good thing). > > Good catch, this is indeed a problem, I know many users using nabble to > browse Ivy mailing list, this automatic conversion would be a problem. > > So, do we keep my first proposition (with a semi column), the at sign > despite this problem, or something else? > > Xavier > > > > > > > > > > > [1] > > > http://www.nabble.com/Re%3A-vocabulary-and-text-representation-of-module-and-dependencies-tf4839330.html > > > > Gilles > > > > > > > > > -- > Xavier Hanin - Independent Java Consultant > http://xhab.blogspot.com/ > http://ant.apache.org/ivy/ > http://www.xoocode.org/ > > -- Xavier Hanin - Independent Java Consultant http://xhab.blogspot.com/ http://ant.apache.org/ivy/ http://www.xoocode.org/
