On 11/04/2014 04:39 PM, The Wanderer wrote: > The 'packagename-' syntax for 'apt-get install' and similar, and the > 'packagename+' syntax for 'apt-get remove' and similar, are so well and > so long established that I would argue against changing them at this > point. [...] > Would it be reasonable to write a requirement into some appropriate > document (possibly Policy) forbidding such near-overlap package names, > on account of this syntax?
No. I don't think package names should be forbidden just because APT treats them in a special way. Otherwise you would have to forbid "+" and "." anywhere in package names as well as trailing "-" as apt treats all of those in a special way: apt-get -s remove b.sh apt-get -s remove ba+sh Ansgar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5458f4a0.7070...@debian.org
