Bug#200461: Processed: Refinement -- Package name must not begin with 'zz'
On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 18:30, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> As a corollary, I suppose you would want to outlaw aalib
No, since there are lots of strings that aren't legal package
names that precede all legal package names in listings.
> And what happens if two different sets of entities want a script
> to be run last?
Then they have to decide amongst themselves who really gets
to go last.
> And why does one want things to be absolute forst or absolute
> last?
The aim is to make sure that one can name a script such that
it is guaranteed to follow the default names used by all
other packages.
> Isn't this a bandaid for a proper dependnecy ordering mechanism
> for run-parts?
Yes. Bandages can be useful for first aid.
> Why is policy being used to substitute for proper
> technical solutions?
Let the technically perfect not be the enemy of the good.
You were just itching to package zzz, the insomnia aid program,
weren't you? I can tell.
--
Thomas
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