files/patch-* pathname separators (was Re: cvs commit: ports/games Makefile ...)

[Alexey Dokuchaev]

On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 01:08:14PM +0200, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 10:43:05 +0000
> Eivind Eklund <eivind at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> > > Good idea.  Please suggest some evil-less chars (like `+') for
> > > separators, and (*begging*) discourage porters from using ``patch-xx''
> > > scheme, and commit your patch!
> > 
> > New patch suggestion:
> 
> >  	  are patched, such as <filename>patch-Imakefile</filename> or
> > -	  <filename>patch-src-config.h</filename>.  These files should
> > +	  <filename>patch-src+config.h</filename>.  These filenames are
> 
> '+' is used in URLs to encode a space. Someone who wants to provide
> patch downloads via http may not like this, as he has to escape the '+'.
> 
> Nobody suggested ',' or '?' yet...

Comma is nice, but `?' has to be excaped to..

./danfe