On Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 01:24:49AM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.5.9.0 > Severity: wishlist > > I suggest we add the following to policy section 11.4. > (Wording by Bill Allombert.) > > When scripts are installed into into a directory in the system PATH, > the script name should not include an extension such as .sh or .pl > that denotes the scripting language currently used to implement it. > > I am looking for seconds to this proposal.
I am second this proposal. (PS: There is a nice trap for programs not following the above: dh_installman will happily install foo.sh.1 in the Serbo-Croatian locale manpages, and bar.pl in the Polish locale manpages) Cheers, -- Bill. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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