On 10/28/2016 04:49 AM, Fabian Grünbichler wrote: > Ubuntu seems to have opted for symlinking the non-'.py' paths instead of > moving the scripts (I assume for compatibility with existing scripts / > callers), if that is planned for the Debian packages as well the "mv to > rename" and "mv to move" calls need to be split of course.
Ubuntu is only doing the symlinks because they (against my advice in advance!) shipped them with .py extensions for a month or so. This violates Debian/Ubuntu Policy, so they fixed it, but they didn't want to regress anyone who was using those paths. The symlinks, from what I understand (though I haven't checked) were only going to exist in Xenial. There's no need for them in Debian. -- Richard