Benjamin Drung <bdr...@debian.org> writes: > Am Mittwoch, den 01.02.2012, 14:20 -0800 schrieb Russ Allbery: >> Benjamin Drung <bdr...@debian.org> writes: >> >> > DEP-5 is nice, but how can I specify a license for a file with white >> > spaces? For example you want to specify that the file "foo/file one.bar" >> > is licensed under ISC, but "foo/file_one.bar" is licensed under GPL. How >> > can you do that? >> >> No, that distinction isn't representable. There was some earlier >> discussion about that, and the conclusion reached was that it was a rare >> case that wasn't worth making the syntax more complicated (after various >> more complicated syntaxes were tossed around without making anyone very >> happy). > > Is it to complex to have a syntax that is similar to what the shell > does? Two solutions pop into my mind. Please let me know, why these are > not use. You can point me to previous discussions. > > Idea 1: Use a escape sequence for specifying a whitespace (e.g. "\ " for > a space). > > Idea 2: Allow quotation marks.
Not a solution on its own. What about a file named foo" bar' baz? For a worst case what about files with newlines? MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87r4y4s4v7.fsf@frosties.localnet