path name rules

[Marcel Holtmann]

Hi John,

> > > > What is about '-'? This will make IEEE addresses more readable then
> > > > using an underscore or non separator at all.
> > > 
> > > There was a patch added that enabled '-' for bus names.  This has caused
> > > some problems and I am almost tempted to revert it if it doesn't get
> > > fixed or there was no compelling reason for adding it.  I am hesitant at
> > > this stage in the game to add any spec changing code unless it is really
> > > warranted.  Object paths are just implementation details and having them
> > > be human readable especially when dynamically generating them is not all
> > > that important.  More important is getting this stuff to 1.0.
> > 
> > so let me get this straight. The current code will support '-' for path
> > names? But you think about removing it before the 1.0 release?
> 
> Bus names not path names.  It was added to CVS without a patch hitting
> the mailing list or bugzilla.  At least not one that I saw.  It causes
> make check to fail as there are some bugs in the validation code.  I
> will revert things if they don't look like they are going to get fixed.
> I would rather not add spec changing features because they can cause
> problems.  If there is a case to add them then I will gladly accept
> patches for review but, the bar is set high at this point because we are
> nearing a point where we can say this is 1.0 quality.  Little things are
> just going to keep us from reaching that goal.

I personally would say keep the patch and make the author to fix the
problems. Who added this patch?

Regards

Marcel