Frank Küster <fr...@debian.org> writes: > Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> wrote:
>> If he names it GreatPerlScript on Unix and GreatPerlScript.pl on >> Windows, he'll be able to run it on both systems as GreatPerlScript. > Yes. And those scripts that would run on Windows and expect > GreatPerlScript.pl, but do not run on Unix *only* because the pl is > missing - those script probably don't exist. Oh, I'm sure they do. I know that renaming binaries can break compatibility; I'm not arguing that. I'm just pointing out that it's not impossible to do the right thing. Transition issues certainly still apply. -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
