On Thu, 12 Apr 2001 14:06:22 -0500 Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 11:55:51AM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: > > Most of the text versions of manuals on the ftp site seem to use the > > .txt suffix. All files generated from the policy package use .text, > > though. Would there be any objections to moving from .text to .txt > > for policy? > > I anti-object. ".txt", while evocative of a well-known old operating > system's extremely limited filesystem, is about as close to a universal > signifier for a plain text file as exists. Deviating from that seems a bit > silly. I'd frankly prefer some sort of strong typing mechanism on the filesystem (like in MacOS), but that wouldn't be altogether helpful here. Just a thought I had when I read this... Regards, Alex.
