Re: [boost] Can SVN Check for too long and CamelCase file names?

From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-08-29 04:52:40

Rene Rivera wrote:
>> As has been said in a previous, similar discussion, simple
>> disallowing of upper-case characters doesn't work. Bjam's files are
>> called Jamroot and Jamfile, and the capitalization matters.
>
> Ah, no ;-) Boost.Build will handle any of:
>
>   project-root.jam
>   [Jj]amroot
>   [Jj]amroot.jam
>   [Bb]uild.jam
>   [Jj]amfile.v2
>   [Jj]amfile
>   [Jj]amfile.jam
>
> I personally prefer the ones with the .jam extension :-) But I don't
> see a problem with using capital letters in file names. And more
> important, the restriction may not be appropriate for all file/dir
> names in the svn repo.

Note that our submission policy 
(http://www.boost.org/more/lib_guide.htm#Directory_structure) states:

"File and directory names must contain only lowercase ASCII letters , 
numbers, underscores, and a period.  Leading character must be alphabetic. 
Maximum length 31. Only a single period is permitted.  These requirements 
ensure file and directory names are relatively portable."

John.