On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 22:47:13 +0000 (UTC)
Vinay Sajip <vinay_sa...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Antoine Pitrou <solipsis <at> pitrou.net> writes:
> 
> > 
> > It would be even simpler not to process it at all, but install the
> > scripts as-is (without the execute bit) :)
> > 
> 
> Sure, but such an approach makes it difficult to provide a mechanism which is
> easily extensible; for example, with the current approach, it is 
> straightforward
> for third party tools to either easily replace completely, update selectively 
> or
> augment simply the scripts provided by base classes.

I don't understand why a zip file makes this easier (especially the
"update selectively" part).

Regards

Antoine.


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