Norm Jacobs wrote: > Bart Smaalders wrote: >> Norm Jacobs wrote: >>> So let me ask a couple of questions. >>> >>> * Is there an expectation for each of the consolidations to adjust >>> their packaging to associate facets with sets of files in the >>> packages they deliver by build 137? >>> * Is http://src.opensolaris.org/source/xref/pkg/gate/doc/facets.txt >>> intended to describe the canonical facets to be used in package >>> actions? >>> >>> This likely represents a significant amount of work for each >>> consolidation. It will need to be planned for and relayed to their >>> various contributors. >> >> Note that this work can be done incrementally; the default (current) >> behavior is to install everything. >> >> Since we're not planning on making the next release w/ this >> functionality, getting the various consolidations on-board >> during the next dev cycle seems appropriate. > Makes sense to me. I just wanted to be sure that there wasn't a > firedrill on the near horizon. Well, that and I want to be sure of the > canonical facet names so that the work doesn't end up having to be > redone later. > > -Norm
I discussed the facet naming w/ the localization folks; the names are up to them; I just implemented the mechanism :-). We do need to figure out a nice user interface, as the individual facets names are a little "programtical". - Bart -- Bart Smaalders Solaris Kernel Performance barts at cyber.eng.sun.com http://blogs.sun.com/barts "You will contribute more with mercurial than with thunderbird."
