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From: Michael Sloan <mgsloan@gmail.com>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
Cc: 23033@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23033: 24.5; Lock file uses the same extension as the file it's locking
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2019 22:17:29 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAEDDsWd5UU400i1KH+VPtbT7CO1_wLTvms58dLZSYZd_a1G2jQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <875zjutq51.fsf@marxist.se>

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On Fri, Nov 8, 2019 at 6:10 AM Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se> wrote:

> (The most clear would be a suffix "-emacs-lock" or "-lock" but that is
> probably too ugly and long.)
>

Appending `.lock` seems fine to me (note the period rather than hyphen).  I
don't find it ugly, instead explanatory!  If users do see these file names,
then it is clearer that they are lock files.  There is precedent for use of
this file extension[0], and there's also lots of precedent for stacking
file extensions.

I propose keeping the traditional `.#` prefix but adding a `.lock` suffix.

[0]: https://fileinfo.com/extension/lock

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-11-09  6:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-03-16 21:35 bug#23033: 24.5; Lock file uses the same extension as the file it's locking Michael Sloan
2016-03-19  2:09 ` Glenn Morris
2019-11-08  5:00   ` Stefan Kangas
2019-11-08  6:17     ` Michael Sloan
2019-11-08 13:29       ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-08 14:03         ` Stefan Kangas
2019-11-08 14:31           ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-08 13:24     ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-08 14:10       ` Stefan Kangas
2019-11-08 19:19         ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-09  6:17         ` Michael Sloan [this message]
2019-11-09  7:45           ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-09  9:12             ` Stefan Kangas
2019-11-09  9:24               ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-09 23:37                 ` Michael Sloan
2019-11-14  9:17                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-16 23:23                     ` Michael Sloan
2021-09-25  0:06                 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-25  1:49                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-25  2:10                     ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-25  2:27                       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-25  2:59                         ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-25  3:05                           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-25  3:45                             ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-26  5:28                               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-26  6:31                                 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-26  6:34                                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-26  7:17                                     ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-26  8:24                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-26  8:37                                         ` Andreas Schwab
2022-04-18 11:30                                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen

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