On 9/1/24 16:02, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
Hi,
Nicholas Geovanis wrote:
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The idea that we need version numbers embedded in filenames
involuntarily may be "natural" to somebody.
I have never seen any version other than ";1" (and ISOs which simply
ignore the specs about file names). It's a non-functional relic, which
in Linux can only be uncovered if you suppress Rock Ridge, Joliet, and
name mapping during the mount command.
And I've been an IBM mainframe admin and developer too.
Whilst, as I previously made the point, this is all off-topic for a
Debian operating system users mailing list, one (and, only one) of the
applications of version numbers as part of file descriptors, with (in
the case of VAX/VMS) up to the last seven versions of a file, being
retained, was a useful tool for software developers, but, responsible
software development, and, especially, the teaching of responsible
software development, have been abandoned, over the last decades.
And, that, in itself, is a good example where reverting to a previous
version, would be good.
....
Bret Busby
Armadale
Western Australia
(UTC+0800)
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