[install-discuss] [PROJECT PROPOSAL] pkg - Image Packaging System

[Enda O'Connor ( Sun Micro Systems Ireland)]

Danek Duvall wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 04:44:32PM +0200, Milan Jurik wrote:
> 
>> And what if this new "action" will be needed by some third-party
>> package? Will it be "pluggable"? Or just "OSol" will be the right and
>> only possible source of "actions"?
> 
> It is pluggable, yes.  Though I would hope that any third-party would talk
> with us and see if a generic solution is possible before writing something
> specific for their particular problem.  In most cases, we prefer to enable
> behaviors people want, even if we don't (and might never) ship them by
> default, but try to encourage restraint and common sense.  (And no, I don't
> think you can attack large problems without a reasonable sense of naivete.)
> 
> Danek
HI
In my experience third party people do not contact Sun, they do their 
own thing and we only hear when they have issues, they usually mail 
zones-discuss for example.
I have seen examples of third party scripting that was off the wall really.
Enda