Norm Jacobs wrote:
On 04/21/10 02:40 PM, Sebastien Roy wrote:
I think there is perhaps general confusion about the relationship
between the /contrib repository and the product.
Yes, they did bring up the /contrib repository and they do intend on
making it available there, but the reality is that /contrib doesn't
contain pieces of Solaris architecture and should not. /contrib is not
part of the product and you can't layer anything that is part of the
product on it. From an architectural standpoint, it doesn't exist.
I guess part of the question might be: does the project team plan to
move this to /contrib once and then abandon it? Or is the team (or some
unspecified "contrib team") signing up to keep the version in /contrib
up to date with security and other updates, at least to the extent that
SFW was historically kept up to date by the SFW team?
Now, from a more practical standpoint, it is a place where people can
build and deliver software not in the product, but may be useful as an
add-on to the product.
I.e. kind of like the original /opt/sfw?
Hugh.
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