Re: Changing package file extension

[Thomas Treichl]

Søren Hauberg schrieb:
> Hi,
>   Every once in a while (like just a second ago), we get users that
> can't figure out how to install packages. Basically, they start out by
> extracting the file. I'm guessing they do this because either they
> always do that to .tar.gz, or because their browser suggest that they do
> this during download. After they've extracted the package, they either
> have a .tar file or a directory, and they can't install that with 'pkg'.
>   So, perhaps it would be a good idea to change the file extension of
> packages? I mean, a file should be named
>
>   image-1.0.6.octpkg
>
> (or something similar) instead of
>
>   image-1.0.6.tar.gz
>
> Any thoughts?

What about keeping *.3 characters and say eg.
  image-1.0.6.opf
for 'Octave Package Format'? Just a quick thought.

  Thomas