Since the pkg interface is so "volatile" at the moment, I think that co-locating the source will introduce a significantly greater level of stability to packagemanager than we can hope to have with it external, trying to consume API's which change regularly.
That said, at what point are we going to declare the pkg API stable enough to be used by external projects even if it's only with a, (IMHO) usually worthless, ARC contract?
Trev Dan Price wrote:
One thing we've seen over the last couple of weeks is that as we drive features into pkg(1), we're left wanting to know more about how the GUI works, and to help it get better. There has also been some breakage. There seem to be a couple of reasons for this: 1) packagemanager uses APIs inside of pkg(5) that are not stable; the Image Packaging team is not aware of which APIs are in use by the GUI, and so we may break the GUI at any time. 2) packagemanager is not aware of evolving concepts in IPS, such as preferred authorities, ZFS-based transactions, etc. And while it's not directly related to breakage, I would note that: 3) packagemanager has some different idioms with respect to package versions, command line options, etc. when compared to the pkg(1) command set. Having the code colocated will allow us to converge on a common idiom over time, benefitting our users. Even the source itself looks and feels different from the pkg(1) source, which is a maintenance efficiency issue. To rectify this situation, I would like to propose that the GUI source code be colocated with the packaging system in the same source tree. This will allow the development teams to collaborate more effectively, and will allow the IPS team to ensure that we don't break the GUI at an API level. It should also significantly add to the number of developers testing the GUI on a daily basis. Thoughts? -dp
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