Re: [boost] [guideline] 31 character filenames?

Subject: Re: [boost] [guideline] 31 character filenames?
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-03-27 18:08:21

AMDG

On 03/27/2012 02:08 PM, Eric Niebler wrote:
> Our current guidelines[1] say filenames should not exceed 31 characters.
> This was recently brought to my attention by a bug[2] from someone who
> actually cares because he uses the ODS-2 filesystem on OpenVMS. On a
> lark, I hacked the inspect tool to check for too-long filenames and lo!
> found a bazillion. Most (but not all) violations are from doc files
> auto-generated by doxygen and docbook, but which nevertheless go out
> with the boost distribution and so should conform. (Right?)
> 
> So, should we care? Considering that we have little control(?) over how
> doxygen and docbook generate their files?

We should be able to adjust the file names
generated by docbook.

> I have fixed the bug in
> question, but it feels like a token effort. Should we just drop support
> for niche filesystems like ODS-2, and close all future bugs "won't fix"?
> 
> [1] http://www.boost.org/development/requirements.html
> [2] https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/6196
> 

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe