Re: New name for terraSync index files
James Turner <[email protected]> Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:02:21 +0100
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--===============2006291150017937635== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_12A86A87-BA2A-4E2F-84D3-5B07CB17EBCF" --Apple-Mail=_12A86A87-BA2A-4E2F-84D3-5B07CB17EBCF Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > On 13 Jul 2026, at 16:18, 0sa0dayg1r2hipi7rk1czz93--- via = Flightgear-devel <[email protected]> wrote: >=20 > Why use a file extension at all? > No need to! Just call it dirIndex, in line with what they have been = called so far, just in unix-visible now. Torsten=E2=80=99s reasoning, which I also wondered about, was it will = increase the likelihood of correct content handling by intermediate = servers, since they will be aware the file contents are text. Kind regards, James= --Apple-Mail=_12A86A87-BA2A-4E2F-84D3-5B07CB17EBCF Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html aria-label=3D"message body"><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" = content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body = style=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = line-break: after-white-space;"><br = id=3D"lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div>On 13 Jul 2026, at 16:18, 0sa0dayg1r2hipi7rk1czz93--- = via Flightgear-devel <[email protected]> = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div><span = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; = letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; = display: inline !important;">Why use a file extension at all?</span><br = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; = letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; = text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; = letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; = display: inline !important;">No need to! Just call it dirIndex, in line = with what they have been called so far, just in unix-visible = now.</span></div></blockquote></div><br><div>Torsten=E2=80=99s = reasoning, which I also wondered about, was it will increase the = likelihood of correct content handling by intermediate servers, since = they will be aware the file contents are = text.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind = regards,</div><div>James</div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_12A86A87-BA2A-4E2F-84D3-5B07CB17EBCF-- --===============2006291150017937635== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline --===============2006291150017937635== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel --===============2006291150017937635==--