Re: [boost] [1.36.0] Final requirements for directory and file names

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-07-03 14:40:24

Vladimir Prus wrote:
> Beman Dawes wrote:
> 
>> The final requirements for directory and file names are now posted at
>> http://beta.boost.org/development/requirements.html#Directory_structure
> 
> Hmm, lowercase filenames? I hope you are not suggesting to go and rename every
> "Jamfile" to "jamfile"?

No, we've always made an exception for that.

> Which filesystems, exactly, require single-case filenames,
> how many bug reports from users of those filesystems we've got, and what market
> share do those filesystem have today?

The problems I've seen aren't with file systems, but with programs that 
partially enforce ISO-9660:1999.

The other issue is consistency; what does the convention become?

--Beman