From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bruce Richardson Subject: Re: [RFC] scripts: make load-devel-config not to appear as executable Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2016 10:26:33 +0100 Message-ID: <20160803092633.GB24816@bricha3-MOBL3> References: <1470146092-12115-1-git-send-email-christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com> <7413793.FKEpEWkE5V@xps13> <1518657.ZZVjD1fj2f@xps13> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Thomas Monjalon , dev To: Christian Ehrhardt Return-path: Received: from mga04.intel.com (mga04.intel.com [192.55.52.120]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B66A3275D for ; Wed, 3 Aug 2016 11:26:36 +0200 (CEST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" On Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 10:11:32AM +0200, Christian Ehrhardt wrote: > sorry, I accidentally dropped dev list in one of my replies, readding. > > On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 11:29 PM, Thomas Monjalon > wrote: > > > > > > Given that we should drop the .sh file ending as well as the > > executable > > > > > flag - both are not needed to source the file. > > > > > > > > Hmmm, it is still a file containing some shell commands, right? > > > > So why removing the .sh extension? > > > > > > > > > > I wanted to discuss on #dpdk today, but everyone seemed busy today. > > > So I expected the discussion on file extension to come up on the patch > > > submission - which is fine and just as it should be. > > > > > > My reasoning was primarily to discourage people to think to call it. > > > > I think it is the contrary: the executable files for users have no > > extension. > > > I totally understand that for commands in the path, but that doesn't count > here. > Could we have anybodies opinion as a tie breaker so I can submit a v2 > without RFC then? > > P.S. I understand there was no objection on changing the file mode - which > might be quite unobvious in the diff? > Definitely no objection on the file mode change. For the dropping of the .sh extension, I don't think it matters much. However, given that .sh files are generally scripts to be executed, I think dropping the extension will reduce confusion. Acked-by: Bruce Richardson