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From:
H.Merijn Brand
Date:
December 20, 2010 03:57
Subject:
Re: perldelta naming
Message ID:
20101220125653.3673d05d@pc09.procura.nl
On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 11:34:06 +0000, Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org>
wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 11:08:17AM +0000, Zefram wrote:
> > When 5.13.9 is released next month, a new perldelta will be created
> > referring to 5.13.10. This version number is a novelty for us, in that
> > it is the first time the subversion component has exceeded one digit
> > under the dotted-segment numbering scheme. The natural name for the
> > delta document is "perl51310delta", which under 8.3 naming is aliased to
> > the existing "perl5131delta". Historically the core documentation has
> > been carefully named to avoid 8.3 aliasing; do we still care about that?
>
> Well spotted.
>
> I don't think so, as I've seen no hints of any active djgpp porting in years.
>
> However, I'm not sure what the "new" portability maxim should be. I'd guess
>
> * At most one .
> * No more than 39 characters before the dot, and 39 after
> * No distinctions solely on case
> * No filenames starting with -
* Please no spaces, ( or & in filenames either
or is that common sense?
> (If I have it correctly, the first three are VMS, and the third is VOS.
> Everything else is less restrictive)
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