Re: .py suffixed scripts to /usr/bin/
Le Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 10:21:54AM -0400, Yaroslav Halchenko a écrit :
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> So the easiest resolution is IMHO to maintain .py suffixes, but I feel
> unease about such a solution despite archive having a good number
> of precedents already.
Hi Yaroslav,
I recommend if possible to keep the original upstream name if it has a suffix.
Not doing so means that Debian becomes incompatible with other systems and with
the existing documentation.
> So the question is -- is there any other possible resolution I do not
> see here besides just keeping .py suffixes and providing a lintian
> override?
The solution is to the change Policy :)
See http://bugs.debian.org/190753 for more discussion.
Cheers,
--
Charles Plessy
Debian Med packaging team,
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
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