Fedora Project launches Pre-Extras
nodata
fedora at nodata.co.uk
Sat Dec 18 00:18:36 UTC 2004
On Fri, 2004-12-17 at 19:09 -0500, Jeff Spaleta wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 18:56:04 -0500, Charles R. Anderson <cra at wpi.edu> wrote:
> > Programs shouldn't be parsing filenames. They should be using rpmlib
> > or rpm -q to extract the tags they need from the package.
>
> This seems reasonable to me. But for the sake of discussion, i want to
> see some examples of end-user facing tools still being maintained that
> still parse filenames for versioning information.
> The last tool i used as a user that parsed filenames was grab. And
> while i loved and cherished grab when i used it...I really don't think
> relying on the filename in a programatic way is a smart thing to do or
> something to be encouraged.
>
>
> -jef
>
I parse filenames for both version and repository information.
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