POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.unix : Pyvon 0.99 released : Re: Pyvon 0.99 released Server Time
6 Oct 2024 14:43:55 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Pyvon 0.99 released  
From: Fabien HENON
Date: 10 Sep 2002 15:32:55
Message: <3D7E482D.9080704@caramail.com>
Nicolas Calimet wrote:
>> Why shoudn't the components of Pyvon go into the proper directories? 
>> Why isn't the executable put into a bin directory that's in the search 
>> path?  Why are all the other files in the same directory instead of in 
>> their own lib directory?
> 
> 
>> Ok I see the RC file now, but you don't keep to a naming convention, 
>> firstly you call the executable Pyvon and you put it in a directory (that
>> could be anywhere), called Pyvon but call the rc file .pyvonrc with a 
>> lowercase "P".  
> 
> 
> 
>     While in principle I agree with these two points, I would suggest
> that you help Fabien creating this install script for him. Sounds that it
> would be more useful than flamming  :-)
I agree, it would be a bit more constructive.

>     By the way, any executable should not start with uppercase letter,
> which is otherwise very annoying. I would adopt the same rule for the
> package name as well.

Ok, I'll remove the uppercase letter P in both the starting script and 
directory.

Fabien H


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