Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] COPYING.txt

[Alexis La Goutte <alexis.lagoutte@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 12:15 PM, Joerg Mayer <jmayer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

What's the idea behind having a COPYING.txt file on Windows instead
of a COPYING file?

e.g. ui/gtk/about_dlg.c:

#if defined(_WIN32)
  absolute_path = get_datafile_path("COPYING.txt");
#else
  absolute_path = get_datafile_path("COPYING");
#endif

If there is a good reason, how about renaming your COPYING to COPYING.txt
(and perhaps create a dummy COPYING in case autotools complain)?

Thanks
   Jörg

Hi may be historic from Windows installer : (in wireshark.nsi line 48-52)

; NSIS shows Readme files by opening the Readme file with the default application for
; the file's extension. "README.win32" won't work in most cases, because extension "win32"
; is usually not associated with an appropriate text editor. We should use extension "txt"
; for a text file or "html" for an html README file.

I known it is for README file, but in the past, COPYING will be display with Windows installer

Regards,

--
Joerg Mayer                                           <jmayer@xxxxxxxxx>
We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that
works. Some say that should read Microsoft instead of technology.
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