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Re: Arbitrary tag names in rpm headers

From: Thomas Lotterer <thomas+rpm5@lotterer.net>
Date: Tue 27 Nov 2007 - 18:06:57 CET
Message-Id: <474C5CC1.49C7.007A.0@lotterer.net>
>>> On Tuesday, 27. November 2007 at 3:27 pm, Jeff Johnson wrote:
> Originally, rpm tag names were case sensitive, just like any unix
> input typically is.
> 
And even XML is. Thinking towards XAR.

> So I ask:
> should rpm interpret the following as different tags
> 	arbitrary:
> 	ARBITRARY:
> 
> What say ye?
> 
The above should be two different tags -> case sensitive

In addition, a capitalization scheme known from Wikis would please my
eye, e.g. BuildPreReq. Sounds like a can of worms being opened here.

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Received on Tue Nov 27 18:07:27 2007
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