Bug#272603: debian-policy: no filename suffixes in bin directories
On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 03:34:34 +0800, Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> said:
> Maybe in Section 10. Files, mention to please don't add redundant
> suffixes to (at least) /usr/bin (etc.) filenames like .pl, .sh,
> .awk. (Later it would be much easier to just change the contents of
> /usr/bin/blorb than needing to make /usr/bin/blorb.pl into
> /usr/bin/blorb.py etc.)
> Or mention it in perl-policy, awk-policy ... :-(
Why should we make policy to prohibit any suffixes? Policy is
not a best practices document. Transitioning a executable name is
something the developer needs worry about, if it is ever done. There
is no need to add prohibitions like this to prevent potential
transitions in the future.
manoj
--
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do
nothing. Edmund Burke
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/>
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