On 04-Apr-2001 Michael Wiedmann wrote: > Questions which arise for me in creating an unofficial Debian > package for a Python based script: > > - the upstream Python script is called 'script.py'. Should I keep > the .py extension or drop it? >
Either is fine. > - should this script be installed in /usr/bin like any other > regular program? > as a package, yes. > - the upstream tarball has no man-page, so I'd created one > and am not sure how to name it: 'script.py.1', 'script.1'? > if it is foo.py, you get foo.py.1, if it is foo you get foo.1. BTW there is a program which takes --help output and makes a manpage. I think it is called help2man.
