On 23/11/2007, Venky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 11:01:04PM -0600, Shawn Walker wrote: > > I expect to seem them because that is the standard Sun has set forth > > for package naming. > > True, and it was necessary for the old SVR4 packages. Are they > still relevant now? > > > The perceived benefit they currently provide is: > > > > * Ensuring a unique name for packages (in theory) > > The new IPS package name FMRI provides for this already. > > > * Identifying the source of the packages (by indicating which company > > they are from) > > Again provided by the FMRI. > > > * Grouping packages together by origin > > Same here.
I never said that they weren't. Merely that the current guidelines set have this requirement. > > This was discussed many times before during the original package > > discussions. Since IPS provides for a rich set of meta data, a > > "non-abbreviated, un-mangled name" can be provided in the metadata and > > used in the packaging system instead of the actual "package > > installation name" for the purposes of searching and browsing. > > Sure, but do the names need to be abbreviated and mangled anymore? That depends on who you ask. For example, do I want to type "pkg install sdl-library-user-runtime" or do I want to type "pkg install libsdlur"? > > As a result, I think that any hackery to try to omit these prefixes is > > a waste of time. > > I agree. Omitting the prefixes in the client would seem to be an > unnecessary hack. But I don't see a reason why the actual package > names need to include the SUNW prefix anymore. Which if you read my other posts, you will see I said. The discussion of package naming guidelines is entirely outside the realm of IPS. It is merely a tool for packages; not a guideline creator. -- Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ "We don't have enough parallel universes to allow all uses of all junction types--in the absence of quantum computing the combinatorics are not in our favor..." --Larry Wall _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
