shell files in packaging/win32 better with extensions

[Andreas Köhler]

Hiho,

Christian Stimming schrieb:
> Am Donnerstag, 26. April 2007 11:21 schrieb Andreas Köhler:
>>>> just today I got my new WinXP Laptop and I started to use the
>>>> gnucash-on-windows build again. So far everything runs fine - with one
>>>> exception: When initially downloading the content of packaging/win32,
>>>> the
>>>> fact that some files don't have an extension really confuses Windows. I
>>>> ended
>>>> up with "defaults.htm" instead of "defaults", and "functions" the same.
>>> Is this truly a windows problem? Firefox under linux does the same thing
>>> (when downloading from trac)...how are you downloading these files?
>> Maybe it is a Firefox phenomenon to mimick The Internet Explorer.
>> Personally, I hesitate to rename those files again, especially because
>> I do not want to promote them as please-run-me-shell-scripts.
>> Do you think this is a major issue?
> 
> Yes, indeed I think it is an issue. Our instructions in the wiki (rightfully) 
> just say you should "download each file of the directory win32", and if 
> people follow these instructions, with many browsers they will end up with 
> defaults.htm instead of defaults. 
> 
> Whereas the questions whether "foo.sh" motivates people to try running those 
> IMHO is a rather minor issue. I'd vote for a renaming.

r16000 is yours.

> Christian

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