| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: why two dashes in extension load files |
| Date: | 2011-02-17 14:02:57 |
| Message-ID: | 1297951377.31633.6.camel@fsopti579.F-Secure.com |
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On tis, 2011-02-15 at 15:32 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> I can't claim close familiarity with Debian's conventions in this
> matter, but I do know about RPM's, and I'm uneager to duplicate that
> silliness. Magic conversion of dots to underscores (sometimes),
> complete inability to determine which part of the package filename is
> which without external knowledge, etc.
FYI, the system in Debian is that '_' separate package name and version,
and '_' is not allowed in package name or version. I guess since we
want to allow both '_' and '-' in package names, we can't really do that
or anything similar.
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