Hi Jyothi, If you want me to add this to a section in the book, I can do that. Let's talk tomorrow.
Lynne Christopher Kampmeier wrote: > Hi Jyothi, > > Although it may be too complex for the following overview material, I > highly recommend that you make room in some portion of the book for > something along the lines of "Basic Rules of pkg(5) Multi-Repository > Support" such that more advanced readers can quickly come to terms with > how the preferred authority come into play when multiple authorities are > in use. The table at the following location may look simple, but it > took us a long time to arrive at this understanding. I think other > people can benefit from it. > > http://wikis.sun.com/display/IpsBestPractices/Glossary#Glossary-BasicRulesofpkg(5)MultiRepositorySupport > > Thanks, > Chris > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Lynne and IPS folks , >> >> I have the following section in my IPS book. Does it clarify or confuse >> the terminology further? >> >> An authority and a repository definition are sometimes used >> interchangeably and have different/separate >> meanings at other times. The following points expound upon the >> definitions to better explain their usage. >> . >> ■ An authority is a person, groups of persons, or a corporation that >> publishes a package and is responsible for maintaining those packages. >> (I see that Chris Kampmeier has a slightly different definition as well. >> Perhaps it is better to include his into the book ?) >> >> ■ A repository is a source for packages. Packages are downloaded from >> this location. >> >> ■ A repository can contain packages from many authorities. Conversely >> many repositories >> can contain packages from a single authority. >> >> ■ A default or preferred authority is similar to a default catalog. Any >> package chosen for >> installation is first searched for in the preferred authority's catalog. >> This package may be >> available for download from different repositories. >> (Extrapolating from Stephen's Penguin/Puffin example). >> >> ■ You can have many repositories and one default authority. In this >> case, the default authority >> becomes the default repository. >> >> ■ If there is only one default repository, it also becomes the default >> authority. >> >> Please let me know of errors and if any of the above is not true in the >> current release of IPS. >> >> Thanks, >> Jyothi >> >> Shawn Walker wrote: >> >> >> >>> Shawn Walker wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> With all due respect, preferred authority and default repository are >>>>> synonymous. We just happened to choose one set of terms over the other. >>>>> >>>>> It seems correct to equate a preferred authority with a default >>>>> repository. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Yes, but a user doesn't set things by repository, they set them by >>>> authority. Our terminology is confusing enough as it is without using >>>> the terms interchangeably. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> ...and before I forget, there was a question brought up not too long >>> about whether multiple authorities could be hosted in a single repository. >>> >>> As such, I don't think it's safe to equate the two. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > pkg-discuss mailing list > pkg-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss > _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list pkg-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
