Re: Request for permission
On Sun, 12 Apr 1998, Marcelo E. Magallón wrote:
> I request permission to make the following excecutable files part
> of a package:
>
> usr/X11R6/bin/Login.app (login.app)
> usr/X11R6/bin/Mixer.app (mixer.app)
>
> the upstream authors use this names for the executables. The
> ".app" part is there because that's the NeXT way of naming
> programs. The upper case letter is there because that's what the
> upstream authors use. The package names themselves are lower case
> because dpkg-gencontrol doesn't like uppercase letters.
[snip]
Current policy doesn't specify guidelines about file names. Therefore, I
think you could just go ahead and release the packages (if you haven't do
so already).
However, a new policy WRT file names is in preparation. So be prepared
that we raise this issue again as soon as we have a consensus about the
new policy.
Thanks,
Chris
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