Package: ftp.debian.org Severity: normal (Cc-ed to [email protected] for their input in whether this would cause problems anywhere else in the toolchain.)
It's a bit confusing that the file names of .debs don't contain the epoch. I think we should change that. I would suggest %-encoding it, so foo-1:1 becomes foo_1%251_all.deb. The reason to not include a : verbatim is it won't work correctly on all file systems (: gets translated to / in the UI on Mac OS X and is disallowed for at least FAT, I'm not sure about NTFS). Also, : is traditionally how you reference remote files and devices with tar and scp (and probably more tools), so avoiding : in files names seem prudent. -- Tollef Fog Heen UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
