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Re: Language extensions in programs under /usr/bin



> > I'm packaging a Python program called "ask" for distribution.
> > Currently, the main executable is called "ask.py".
> 
>  a. Whack upstream with a cluebat.

Euh, I think you messed up.  Marco *is* upstream.

On the other hand, Marco being upstream defeats John's argument:

> Leave it.  The program will be known as "ask.py" everywhere outside
> Debian.  Changing the name is asking for confusion.

So perhaps the discussion should be retaken.

P.S: keep me on CC, i'm not subscribed.

-- 
Robert Millan

"[..] but the delight and pride of Aule is in the deed of making, and in the
thing made, and neither in possession nor in his own mastery; wherefore he
gives and hoards not, and is free from care, passing ever on to some new work."

 -- J.R.R.T, Ainulindale (Silmarillion)



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