Andreas Tscharner dijo [Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 10:35:46PM +0200]: >> And because extensions truly mean nothing. Of course, I can > > This is true for Unix/Posix systems, but unfortunately not for Windows > systems. And if the maintainer of a great Perl script wants his script > to work on both platforms, he'll probably will name it GreatPerlScript.pl > If the extension .pl is linked with a Perl interpreter in Windows, he'll > be able to run it on both systems without a prepending "perl" > > Don't get me wrong here: I see the reasons for removing the extensions, > but I think this is a valid point for having one in the first place.
That's the reason we sometimes diverge away from upstream: We don't cater for the exact same audience, and we might modify their chosen binary names to make things easier and more coherent for our users. -- Gunnar Wolf • gw...@gwolf.org • (+52-55)5623-0154 / 1451-2244 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
