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- In article <2l6lf1$n1q@asylum.sf.ca.us> gub@asylum.sf.ca.us (Glen Daniels) writes:
- >Hi, all!
- [stuff deleted]
- > *** PLEASE NOTE FILENAME CHANGE! ***
- >
- > The executable is now called WTALK11.EXE. Sorry for the name
- >change, but I hope you'll agree it's a much better policy to include
- >version information in the filenames. Your old progman icons WILL
- >NEED TO BE CHANGED to reflect the new .exe name.
- [more stuff deleted]
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- Personally I strongly dislike this 'policy to include version information in the filenames',
- except for the zip-file of course. The main reason for my opinion is given by Glen Daniels himself:
- 'Your old progman icons WILL NEED TO BE CHANGED to reflect the new .exe name.' As often as these programs
- are released in new versions you'll get a 'lot of work' editing various settings if the filename itself
- is changed every time. An other reason is the somewhat cryptic names you could end up with,
- e.g. tw10b_b1.exe (it should be trumpet winsock ver 1.0 rev B beta # 1) who the ... would remember such names?
- In cases like this I always change the filename, removing any indication of version number! (And hoping that
- I'm not violating any copyright laws.)
-
- The version number should easyly be found in About ... within the program. If one want to state the version number
- without starting the program, it could be included in the icon, like adobe type manager does.
-
- Anyone (dis)agree?
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- Disclaimer:
- This is in no way any criticism of the program Wintalk itself or the way it works!
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