On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Chris Quenelle <Chris.Quenelle at sun.com> wrote: > In the latest proposal, the bundled compiler binaries are not versioned, > and neither are the man pages. If you want multiple versions of the > compilers, you can install as many different versions of the > unbundled product as you want. This case is about choosing one > version to bundle into the OS as the default compiler.
This case *should* be about setting up a structure that allows for both the bundled and unbundled compilers to coexist and evolve in a coordinated way. The customer doesn't care one bit about whether Sun considers a particular version to be bundled or not; history shows that Sun changes its mind often about this sort of thing. The architecture shouldn't be tied to such marketing distinctions either. A scheme like the current studio compilers one would work well: /usr/suncc/$version/[bin, lib, man, ...] A separate <something> should be used to manage the concept of "default". Links to /usr/bin, management of a /usr/suncc/latest symlink, whatever should all be architecturally independent from the delivery of a versioned compiler instance. -John
