David Goodenough <david.goodeno...@btconnect.com> wrote:

> I am a newcommer to this particular bit of policy, but it occurs to me that
> the answer is to add links to the original commands to conform to 
> Debian standards while leaving the upstream commands intact.

That would horribly clutter the bin directories.  I think the approach
with a /usr/share/$packagename/bin/ that contains the old names as
links, and can be added to PATH, is the best we can do for supporting
scripts that assume extensions.

Regards, Frank
-- 
Dr. Frank Küster
Debian Developer (TeXLive)
VCD Aschaffenburg-Miltenberg, ADFC Miltenberg
B90/Grüne KV Miltenberg


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