Re: New name for ASK executable...

Hi Salvatore,

Debian policy frowns on executables with program extensions. After talking to
a few people on the debian-devel list, I've come to the conclusion that it
makes sense changing it. The ".py" extension does not add much, and it would
have to be removed if I one day rewrite ASK in another language anyway.

Regards,
Paga

On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 11:59:05AM -0400, Salvatore Iozzia wrote:
> Why remove the .py?
> 
> It is true I had no idea how to run such a file, so I searched google and
> found out. If you woudl put how to run it in the instructions that would
> help. ./ask.py
> 
> askdeamon
> askmail
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Salvatore F. Iozzia
> accelerator/owner
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marco Paganini" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Cc: "Robert Millan" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 9:20 PM
> Subject: [A-S-K-users] New name for ASK executable...
> 
> 
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > I'm considering the removal of the ".py" extension from the main ask
> > executable (ask.py) for the near future. Unfortunately, "ask" itself is
> > too common a name to be in /usr/bin. I'm afraid of creating conflicts with
> > other programs.  What do you think could be a good name for the
> executable?
> > askproc? askfilter? askmail?
> >
> > Your opinions are always welcome...
> >
> > PS: Please keep the Robert in the Cc: of your reply.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Paga
> >
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