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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: file:///
From:       Rolf Magnus <ramagnus () kde ! org>
Date:       2004-11-12 10:55:49
Message-ID: 200411121155.49408.ramagnus () kde ! org
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On Thursday 11 November 2004 23:14, Thiago Macieira wrote:
> Allan Sandfeld Jensen wrote:
> >I completly agree.
>
> I don't.
>
> >We can just specify the syntax as "file:[//host]/path" making the remote
>
> The syntax is actually protocol://[host]/path. The // is mandatory.

For what reason? Why is it so absolutely necessary to add a dummy //, even if 
the protocol doesn't support a concept of a host?

> That it is visual clutter, I agree.

If a standard contains something that doesn't make sense and that nobody 
likes, maybe it should be changed instead of everyone blindly following it 
just because "the standard says so".
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