On Mon, Oct 05, 2009 at 06:52:04PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > Le Mon, Oct 05, 2009 at 05:04:06PM +1100, Ben Finney a écrit : > > Charles Plessy <[email protected]> writes: > > > > > My main argument is that it makes Debian installations incompatible > > > with installations on other operating systems as well with on-line > > > documentation. > > > > That doesn't seem sufficient reason to avoid improving the quality of > > Debian by installing command programs with sensible primary command > > names. I'm in favour of keeping the current recommendation. > > > > Note that I'm neutral on the idea of preserving the language-specific > > name as an alternative. I don't think that would violates Policy §10.4, > > am I wrong? > > As a user I strongly dislike to have to edit my scripts and command line > sessions in order to make them usable for my colleagues, and I would be very > annoyed if the first thing to do after installing a package would be to check > if I have to change the PATH environment variable in my current sessions and > my > logins scripts.
The goal of removing the language suffix is precisely to avoid to have to edit your script when the program is rewritten in a different language. Cheers, -- Bill. <[email protected]> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
