[Rd] Underscores in package names

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 09/08/2019 2:41 p.m., Gabriel Becker wrote:
> Note that this proposal would make mypackage_2.3.1 a valid *package name*,
> whose corresponding tarball name might be mypackage_2.3.1_2.3.2 after a
> patch. Yes its a silly example, but why allow that kind of ambiguity?
> 
CRAN already has a package named "FuzzyNumbers.Ext.2", whose tarball is 
FuzzyNumbers.Ext.2_3.2.tar.gz, so I think we've already lost that game.

Duncan Murdoch