On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 12:54:54PM -0400, Dave Miner wrote:
> Nicolas Williams wrote:
> >On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 10:36:16AM -0400, Dave Miner wrote:
> >>In most cases, I believe the preference would be to deliver the file in 
> >>fragments and provide SMF services to assemble the files (as in the 
> >>prior paragraph) rather than encoding that many actions into the 
> >>packaging system.
> >
> >Understood, but for common, editable files I think IPS actions would be
> >better for the simple reason that that should help avoid code
> >duplication.
> 
> SMF services would do the same thing, assuming they're made public 
> interfaces (they would be useless if they weren't, IMHO).

True.  One could easily adapt my SVR4 scripting -> IPS prototype to do
just that.  Heck, finish it off, qualify a few CAS, and ship it.  Or, if
that's too ugly, then write a new one that works on similar principles
but uses something better than existing CAS (e.g., SMC tools like
smprofile(1M)).

Nico
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