On Wed, 2009-10-28 at 09:04 -0700, Liane Praza wrote: > Mark Martin wrote: > > As this case appears to be closed, with the official +1 and all that, > > I just want to make sure I understand what the message here is for > > future teams. With this case, it appears that is acceptable for teams > > (internal or not) to use the PID file process-locating interface > > instead of SMF's contracts, /*even when using SMF as the agent to run > > the service*/. Furthermore, it is acceptable for these PID files to > > be put in arbitrary locations, or at least locations relatively local > > to other project artifacts (instead of, say, a single common > > system-wide location). > > As I understood the previous discussion, the PID file is being > offered for some explicit compatibility purposes. That argument > won't hold for many pieces of software and I hope/expect doesn't > form a precedent in all cases.
That matches my understanding and expectations as well. -Seb
