Bug#534494: git-buildpackage: replacement character '.' for '~' in tags is not ideal

2010-03-19 Thread Modestas Vainius
Hello, On sekmadienis 13 Gruodis 2009 12:50:44 Jari Aalto wrote: The _ as a replacement is not ideal becaus it is too generic. It's better to select a special character most likely not used for anything else. A suggestion: epoch(:)= # (I agree with Sean) tilde(~)= %

Bug#534494: git-buildpackage: replacement character '.' for '~' in tags is not ideal

2009-12-13 Thread Jari Aalto
my personal preference is to use '_' in place of '~' because it's the most readable and pleasant on the eyes, and maybe '#' for epochs. The _ as a replacement is not ideal becaus it is too generic. It's better to select a special character most likely not used for anything else. A suggestion:

Bug#534494: git-buildpackage: replacement character '.' for '~' in tags is not ideal

2009-06-24 Thread sean finney
Package: git-buildpackage Version: 0.4.53 Severity: minor -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 hiya, as '~' is a special character wrt git and references, it's currently being replaced by '.' when git-buildpackage generates tags. this is not ideal because: * '.' is already a valid