X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,SPF_HELO_PASS,TW_YG X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4BD8AC42.7030105@veritech.com> Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:44:34 -0400 From: "Lee D. Rothstein" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Windows/20100228) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: New package: makeself-2.1.5-2 References: <4BD8509B.4040405@veritech.com> <20100428165938.GA3719@ghost.local.lan> <20100428181202.GB3719@ghost.local.lan> <4BD87C2F.1040203@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <4BD87C2F.1040203@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Eric Blake wrote: > On 04/28/2010 12:12 PM, Sastre wrote: >>> 2010/4/28, Lee D. Rothstein >>> FWIW, the man page says makeself, not makeself.sh. I actually didn't say that, but I alluded to it. >> Fair enough. >> Two options, then: >> >> -patching the manpage >> -patching the source and the cygport >> >> None of them involve too much work. So now I would like to know (from >> some authoritative source :)) if a there is a guideline, an unspoken agreement, >> or a good practice defined regarding the extension of non-binary executables >> under /usr/bin. > > Perhaps unspoken, but I prefer suffix-less executables. Then I don't > have to care whether they are binary or interpreted scripts. Besides, > having a suffix makes it harder to reimplement in a different language > (for example, suppose someone decided to rewrite makeself in C, python, > or perl, instead of sh). So following debian practice of stripping the > .sh suffix as part of the packaging effort seems reasonable (and in the > meantime, perhaps you may also want to report this upstream as a bug > they might want to fix). First some important medical information: Suffixes cause cancer in dogs learning to play the piano. A lot of the contributors, here, apparently, have such pets. ;-) Now, my opinion: Amen, to what Erick Blake said. No suffixes, please. Debian has it right. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple