From qpid-dev-return-1023-apmail-incubator-qpid-dev-archive=incubator.apache.org@incubator.apache.org Thu Nov 09 07:05:39 2006 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-qpid-dev-archive@locus.apache.org Received: (qmail 40693 invoked from network); 9 Nov 2006 07:05:39 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 9 Nov 2006 07:05:39 -0000 Received: (qmail 99347 invoked by uid 500); 9 Nov 2006 07:05:50 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-qpid-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 99329 invoked by uid 500); 9 Nov 2006 07:05:50 -0000 Mailing-List: contact qpid-dev-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: qpid-dev@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list qpid-dev@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 99320 invoked by uid 99); 9 Nov 2006 07:05:50 -0000 Received: from herse.apache.org (HELO herse.apache.org) (140.211.11.133) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 08 Nov 2006 23:05:50 -0800 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (herse.apache.org: domain of VINOSKI@iona.com designates 65.223.216.181 as permitted sender) Received: from [65.223.216.181] (HELO amereast-smg1.iona.com) (65.223.216.181) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 08 Nov 2006 23:05:36 -0800 Received: from amer-ems1.IONAGLOBAL.COM ([10.65.6.25]) by amereast-smg1.iona.com (Switch-3.1.7/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id kA974mHR011355 for ; Thu, 9 Nov 2006 02:04:48 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.1.7] ([10.59.0.10]) by amer-ems1.IONAGLOBAL.COM with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Thu, 9 Nov 2006 02:05:15 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: <1ba9d4a00611082247l15bcc5fdvc745c47f612b662d@mail.gmail.com> References: <919E180E-510E-4562-B1C6-ED0E67D89BC1@iona.com> <99e30fe50611081607u368a51d1he0dae13b050cf654@mail.gmail.com> <0C149643-E5EC-43F6-A4C4-8F83B3E65604@iona.com> <1ba9d4a00611082247l15bcc5fdvc745c47f612b662d@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Steve Vinoski Subject: Re: pathnames with spaces == bad Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 02:05:16 -0500 To: qpid-dev@incubator.apache.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Nov 2006 07:05:15.0129 (UTC) FILETIME=[67FEF690:01C703CD] X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On Nov 9, 2006, at 1:47 AM, Steven Shaw wrote: > I'd personally prefer to see those release-doc files up at the root of > the tree (but I can see the other point of view that says that my > position makes the root "untidy"). It does seem pretty typical to see > them at the top of the tree... > > We have had some Ant "problems" with spaces and shell scripts are > notoriously badly written, suffering from problems with spaces in > directory names and file names. I like to see developers learning to > deal with those issues in shell scripts ... but perhaps I'm just a > sadist :). Well, as I implied in an earlier message, spaces are not hard to deal with in single scripts. It's when you start piping things together or having scripts calling other scripts via interim shells that can make life miserable when spaces are present in pathnames. Too many scripts and tools just don't handle them correctly, and sometimes there just aren't enough quotes to go around when you're dealing with layers of stuff. > In your case, Steve - wondering if you have experienced problems with > Maven and spaces in directories/files? or is this more of a general > preventative/defensive measure? No, I didn't see any maven issues with that directory, as on the maven branch I'm still working through all the test-related commits that happened over the past few days. We noticed this pathname space issue through a script that one of my colleagues was running. We fixed the script, but removing the space is indeed just a preventative/defensive measure. No use making things harder than they need to be! --steve