-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Torsten Martinsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > From: Jim.Hyslop [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 9:12 PM > > To: 'Mark D. Baushke'; Torsten Martinsen > > Cc: bug-cvs@gnu.org > > Subject: RE: PATCH: A few validate_repo.pl enhancements > > > > Mark D. Baushke wrote: > > > Is it reasonable to exclude ';' from the author field? If so, > > > then [^;]+ > > > is probably better than [\S\s]+, if not then .+ is probably better. > > I'd say it's reasonable, considering that semicolons are used > > to indicate > > the end of the field. Unless... are there systems that allow > > or even require > > semicolons in user names? > > I wouldn't be surprised if Windows allowed it, but I haven't tried it. > IMHO, since allowing ';' would probably break a lot of other stuff, > "[^;]+" is a superior solution. Agreed. Patch commited. -- Mark -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCNVB53x41pRYZE/gRAu0PAKC3AeOe66NEAfk+WrP1RdPD/6YOHACgzvvS l5dnNBGOnshj2srgCVkMVcA= =r9U3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Bug-cvs mailing list Bug-cvs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-cvs
