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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch on windows?
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Ron Parker |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch on windows? |
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Wed, 14 Jul 2004 13:09:22 -0500 |
On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 12:58:58 -0500, John Meinel <address@hidden> wrote:
> I'm wondering if we just switched to
> c/b/v/p-nn and
> c/v/p-nn
> If there would be a lot of problem? If I have to give a special case
> (such as =null), then we might as well make the special case be the
> truly empty directory. IIRC, branches can't have a '.' in them, and
> versions can't have anything but [0-9.] in them. And when I just tried
> it wouldn't let me create cat--0--0, I'm guessing there is a restriction
> on branches that forces them to have a letter.
> So c/b/v/p-nn should be trivially separable from c/v/p-nn.
(I apologize in advance, I have no idea how gmail will mangle this post.)
I am working on a much longer message WRT various ways of dealing with
a small PATH_MAX. But here is a snippet related to this:
** Category-Branch-Version-Revision Reduction
*** Pros
This retains much of the semantic information within the file names and paths.
And has the potential to reduce the 358-character:
/home/rdparker/tla-1.3/++saved.src.1089815347.15624.1/{arch}/++pristine-trees/unlocked/package-framework/package-framework--devo/package-framework--devo--1.0/address@hidden/package-framework--devo--1.0--patch-5/{arch}/package-framework/package-framework--patch-detection/package-framework--patch-detection--1.0/address@hidden/patch-log/patch-2
to a 229-character:
/home/rdparker/tla-1.3/++saved.src.1089815347.15624.1/{arch}/++pristine-trees/unlocked/package-framework/devo/1.0/address@hidden/patch-5/{arch}/package-framework/patch-detection/1.0/address@hidden/patch-log/patch-2
*** Cons
It breaks upward compatibility if implemented universally.
Tom has historically resisted this as a solution for merging into his
devo branch.
It does lose semantic information when viewing a directory in
isolation. (Think the vi or emacs directory viewers or shell prompts
with the last fragment of the current-working-directory displayed.)
Granted IMO this is primarily an issue for arch developers. But I
include myself marginally in that category.
It may still be possible with long category, branch or archive names
to reach the limit. This could also be done using a relatively deep
base directory for the working directory, "C:\Documents and
Settings\username\My Documents" not being unheard of on Windows.
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch on windows?, (continued)
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch on windows?, Lionel Elie Mamane, 2004/07/17
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch on windows?, Eske Christiansen, 2004/07/13
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch on windows?, Adam Sampson, 2004/07/14
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch on windows?, John Meinel, 2004/07/14
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch on windows?, Harald Meland, 2004/07/14
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch on windows?, Stig Brautaset, 2004/07/14
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch on windows?, John Meinel, 2004/07/14
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch on windows?,
Ron Parker <=
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch on windows?, Aaron Bentley, 2004/07/14
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch on windows?, Ron Parker, 2004/07/14
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch on windows?, Aaron Bentley, 2004/07/14
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch on windows?, John Meinel, 2004/07/14