On Jul 3, 2008, at 12:06 PM, John Maddock wrote:
Vladimir Prus wrote:
Beman Dawes wrote:
The final requirements for directory and file names are now posted at http://beta.boost.org/development/requirements.html#Directory_structure
Hmm, lowercase filenames? I hope you are not suggesting to go and rename every "Jamfile" to "jamfile"? Which filesystems, exactly, require single-case filenames, how many bug reports from users of those filesystems we've got, and what market share do those filesystem have today?
Sigh...
Actually all lower case filenames have *always* been part of our requirements, somehow the "Jamfiles" slipped though unnoticed until it was too late :-(
I think we should just drop this requirement. We've been violating this requirement for *years* without any ill effects. Now, we should never have two flies in the same directory that differ only by case. *That* can cause serious problems. - Doug