Re: [Gnu-arch-users] version aliases

[Tom Lord]

    > From: Miles Bader <address@hidden>

    > On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 09:04:40AM -0700, Tom Lord wrote:
    > > Not really.   Aliases would need a distinctive syntax -- perhaps a
    > > prefix character.

    > >         tla get :latest-emacs

    > How come?  Existing arch names already have a distinctive syntax, so an 
alias
    > could be anything else (with the rule that they not intrude on the real
    > namespace).  

And a prefix char is an easy way to ensure that without screwing over
_later_ namespace additions too badly.

-t