[patch] Alternative patch that tightens the spec

0001-Tighten-requirements-on-package-names.-Bug-174536.patch (text/plain), 1.32 KB, created by Ulrich Müller on 2012-09-23 07:35:38 UTC

From 791bd9621d4b77f820f1c47cd564eef7c95a1272 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Ulrich=20M=C3=BCller?= <[e-mail]>
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2012 09:33:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Tighten requirements on package names. Bug 174536.

---
 names.tex | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/names.tex b/names.tex
index decc8f4..447be9a 100644
--- a/names.tex
+++ b/names.tex
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ names will contain a hyphen.
 
 \subsection{Package Names}
 A package name may contain any of the characters [\t{A-Za-z0-9+\_-}]. It must not begin with a
-hyphen or a plus sign, and must not end in a hyphen followed by one or more digits.
+hyphen or a plus sign, and must not end in a hyphen followed by anything matching the version
+syntax described in section~\ref{sec:version-spec}.
 
 \note A package name does not include the category. The term \i{qualified package name} is used
 where a \t{category/package} pair is meant.
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ An EAPI name may contain any of the characters [\t{A-Za-z0-9+\_.-}]. It must not
 hyphen, a dot or a plus sign.
 
 \section{Version Specifications}
+\label{sec:version-spec}
 The package manager must not impose fixed limits upon the number of version components. Package
 managers should indicate or reject any version that is invalid according to these rules.
 
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