Executables in the bin directory have file extensions
Bug #829672 reported by
Ben Webb
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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OpenSRF |
New
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Some of the executables in the bin directory have unnecessary extensions, such as osrf_ctl.sh. It is generally preferred not to have language-specific extensions, since the executable might be replaced by one written in another language. (so osrf_ctl.sh should simply be osrf_ctl) For consistency, those executables where the language is significant should also lose the extensions - opensrf-perl.pl -> opensrf-perl, opensrf.py -> opensrf-python - to be consistent with opensrf-c.
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http:// www.debian. org/doc/ debian- policy/ ch-files. html#s- scripts is a specific citation for Debian's policy. In principle I support removing the language-specific extensions, but a patch for OpenSRF to resolve this will ideally come with patches to Evergreen and Evergreen's manual and be timed so that it strikes if/when a new Evergreen release requires a new OpenSRF release.