I filed the following RFE for this issue: http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=853
Note that since it is possible to set the directory's attribute to "hidden" on Windows, we'd prefer that approach over changing the directory name. This preference is outlined in the RFE. It is clear to our Update Center toolkit project that customers such as GlassFish V3 won't accept making visible the .org.opensolaris,pkg directory at the root of the user image. It's simply a matter of avoiding unnecessary confusion for the users of those distros. Chris Stephen Hahn wrote: > * Tom Mueller (pkg-discuss) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-03-20 19:43]: >> When using IPS for user images on non-Solaris platforms for software >> that is unrelated to Solaris, the .org.opensolaris,pkg name for the >> local meta data repository seems a bit too OpenSolaris specific. >> >> How about changing this to just ".pkg"? >> >> The code could be changed to still recognize .org.opensolaris,pkg if >> there is a directory by that name there. But it would only create new >> user images with the .pkg directory. >> >> This change could be done only for non-Solaris systems, but it isn't >> clear that having this variation between platforms would be worth the >> extra complexity in code, documentation and usage for cross-platform users. >> >> Thoughts? > > The reason to choose an extended name is to avoid conflict in an > unmanaged namespace. If we're just talking about appearance, I'm not > that interested in a change: image packaging is developed at > opensolaris.org. Is there a technical issue on one or more platforms? > > - Stephen > _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
