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Subject: [bug#32111] daemon store names can't start with a dot
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From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=)
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To: =?UTF-8?Q?Cl=C3=A9ment?= Lassieur <clement@lassieur.org>
Cc: Nils Gillmann <ng0@n0.is>, 32111-done@debbugs.gnu.org

Cl=C3=A9ment Lassieur <clement@lassieur.org> skribis:

> Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Hello Cl=C3=A9ment,
>>
>> Cl=C3=A9ment Lassieur <clement@lassieur.org> skribis:
>>
>>> Nils Gillmann <ng0@n0.is> writes:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Can you provide some context why this is necessary, maybe even
>>>> in the commit message?
>>>
>>> It's necessary when you want to package a program whose source looks
>>> like file:///home/foo/.bar.
>>
>> I=E2=80=99d rather not make this kind of change.  In general, I think we=
 should
>> be very conservative about changes to the daemon and its protocol,
>> because that=E2=80=99s the common denominator of all the versions of Gui=
x.
>>
>> If we change something like it, then we=E2=80=99ll get subtle breakage d=
epending
>> on the version of the daemon in use.
>>
>> WDYT?
>
> Okay, let's abandon this then :-)
>
> CCing bug-guix because I still think it's a bug; please close it if you
> disagree.

Looks like you already closed it (or was it me?).

Anyway, it=E2=80=99s certainly a limitation, but given that it=E2=80=99s an=
 annoyance
more than a showstopper (in my view at least), I=E2=80=99m in favor keeping
things this way for the sake of compatibility.

Ludo=E2=80=99.