My first post here: a request to clarify my interpretation of the "Delegations" section of slashpackage/names.html.
Ellenor Bjornsdottir <[email protected]> Thu, 12 Aug 2021 07:40:52 -0700
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------4M4W0KD5MH3PD62QDBGIO4HFWQ1JNT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This is my first post on the slashpackage mailing list, and on cr=2Eyp=2Eto= lists in general=2E I'd like to proffer my sincere apologies if I demonstr= ate a brash violation of the etiquette of this mailing list, or of whatever= community might surround it=2E If I'm reading the whole document (see Subject) right, the owner of the do= main example=2Enet, or someone she duly nominates, may allocate package nam= es starting with host/example=2Enet as she feels fit, including the use of = as many slashes as desired, so long as a number does not immediately follow= a dash (because that's a version number), and (due Unix filesystem limitat= ions) so long as the substring between two slashes isn't the empty string= =2E Might such a domain owner then have a package named host/example=2Enet/wug= daemon - using a slash directly after her domain, so as not to create examp= le=2Enet-wugdaemon clutter in /package/host? Am I misunderstanding what's p= ermitted and what's forbidden with this? Furthermore, is it encouraged that the use of host/ package names be repor= ted to this mailing list? Should registration be attempted for host/ packag= e names? Does the owner of example=2Enet also control host/subdomains-of=2Eexample= =2Enet? (I plan to use host/my domain name/-prefixed package names extensively in = a project I am embarking on=2E Waiting for central registration is simply i= nfeasible, as package names may be automatically generated=2E) Thank you, --=20 Ellenor Bjornsdottir SMTP umbrellix=2Enet!ellenor Tel +1 778 764 0137 xtn 2=2E Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail=2E Please excuse my brevity=2E ------4M4W0KD5MH3PD62QDBGIO4HFWQ1JNT Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This is my first post on the slashpackage mailing list, and on cr=2Eyp=2Eto= lists in general=2E I'd like to proffer my sincere apologies if I demonstr= ate a brash violation of the etiquette of this mailing list, or of whatever= community might surround it=2E<br><br>If I'm reading the whole document (s= ee Subject) right, the owner of the domain example=2Enet, or someone she du= ly nominates, may allocate package names starting with host/example=2Enet a= s she feels fit, including the use of as many slashes as desired, so long a= s a number does not immediately follow a dash (because that's a version num= ber), and (due Unix filesystem limitations) so long as the substring betwee= n two slashes isn't the empty string=2E<br><br>Might such a domain owner th= en have a package named host/example=2Enet/wugdaemon - using a slash direct= ly after her domain, so as not to create example=2Enet-wugdaemon clutter in= /package/host? Am I misunderstanding what's permitted and what's forbidden= with this?<br><br>Furthermore, is it encouraged that the use of host/ pack= age names be reported to this mailing list? Should registration be attempte= d for host/ package names?<br><br>Does the owner of example=2Enet also cont= rol host/subdomains-of=2Eexample=2Enet?<br><br>(I plan to use host/my domai= n name/-prefixed package names extensively in a project I am embarking on= =2E Waiting for central registration is simply infeasible, as package names= may be automatically generated=2E)<br><br>Thank you,<br>-- <br>Ellenor Bjo= rnsdottir<br>SMTP umbrellix=2Enet!ellenor<br>Tel +1 778 764 0137 xtn 2=2E<b= r><br>Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail=2E Please excuse my brevity= =2E ------4M4W0KD5MH3PD62QDBGIO4HFWQ1JNT--