On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 18:30, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > As a corollary, I suppose you would want to outlaw aalib
No, since there are lots of strings that aren't legal package names that precede all legal package names in listings. > And what happens if two different sets of entities want a script > to be run last? Then they have to decide amongst themselves who really gets to go last. > And why does one want things to be absolute forst or absolute > last? The aim is to make sure that one can name a script such that it is guaranteed to follow the default names used by all other packages. > Isn't this a bandaid for a proper dependnecy ordering mechanism > for run-parts? Yes. Bandages can be useful for first aid. > Why is policy being used to substitute for proper > technical solutions? Let the technically perfect not be the enemy of the good. You were just itching to package zzz, the insomnia aid program, weren't you? I can tell. -- Thomas
