On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:15:59 -0700 Joe Peterson <lava...@gentoo.org> wrote: > Richard Freeman wrote: > > I still don't see why we need to be encoding metadata in filenames. > > Correct. GLEP 55 tries to solve a technical implementation issue by > exposing meta data in the filename. Extremely bad form/design, IMHO.
We already expose metadata in the filename. The version's there and the name's there. > All good points. I cannot believe there exists no other way to solve > this technical issue other than resorting to such a non-Unix-like > idea. Obviously all of the software packages cited above endeavor to > avoid such nastiness. Then why don't you come up with a viable solution? > I do not understand why anyone is willing to accept putting version > info in the filename/extension. It is inelegant and, frankly, very > ugly. I have written more in the past on why I think it is a > terrible idea, so I won't repeat it here. For the same reason they're willing to accept the package name and version in the filename. > Suffice to say, if something like GLEP 55 is implemented, I will lose > a lot of faith in Gentoo's design, so much so that I will likely join > the ranks of those who abandon it, not only as a dev, but also as a > user. "If you paint the bikeshed, I shall throw my toys out of the pram and run off crying.". Why don't you propose a viable alternative instead of making threats? -- Ciaran McCreesh
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