On Thursday 15 May 2008 21:31, Evan wrote: > On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 9:14 PM, Scott Kitterman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > I'd say that if there's a bug it's in Windows. I could see a wishlist > > bug against Ubuntu to provide a way to check for this/suggest changes to > > avoid problematic filenames, but there is nothing inherently defective > > with the current behavior. > > > > Scott K > > I agree that there is no inherent problem with the Ubuntu code, and it > should really be up to Windows to support more characters. However I can > think of several situations where this could cause considerable problems > for the end user. We should at the very least provide a warning that > "Naming a file on this partition with any of the following characters will > prevent Windows from opening it. Are you sure you want to continue?" > > Evan
Personally I'm against such hand holding. If any such feature is provided, I think it should be off by default. I happen to have some legacy FAT32 and NTFS partitions for various reasons, but the odds that they will ever be read from Windows are very low. I don't think Ubuntu's design should be predicated on the idea that it's an adjunct to using Windows. Scott K -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
