16:33:31 <sjn> ok, do you mind if we disallow @'s in distribution filenames going forward?
16:34:11 <sjn> the reason for this is that in package urls, the @ is used as a delimiter between the package name and package version
16:35:36 <sjn> e.g. pkg:cpan/ANDK/CPAN-Checksums@2.14
16:35:57 <sjn> if @'s are allowed, we'll have to escape them
16:37:13 <sjn> it's not a big problem (and can still be done, since the dist name in pkgurls can be URL-encoded), but it would be a really nice-to-have for usability's sake
I've checked the uris table and we had only 47 uploads with an '@' in the name; the last one of those dates back to 2007. I'm not opposed to this change request. Opinions welcome.
I've checked the uris table and we had only 47 uploads with an '@' in the name; the last one of those dates back to 2007. I'm not opposed to this change request. Opinions welcome.