Darren J Moffat wrote: > On 20/04/2010 19:34, Chris Quenelle wrote: >> * I'm only making changes to the Express release >> packages because the upcoming release is an >> express release. >> >> * Renamed "developer/sunstudioexpress" to "developer/solstudioex". > > I so no value in abbreviating solaris as sol it saves 4 characters and > makes the package name less obvious as to what it is. Please do not > abbreviate it. This isn't the old original SVR4 package world > restricted to 9 (I think) char package names or even the updated 32 char > limit. Given developers and admins won't be typing this much (if ever) > saving those 4 chars isn't helpful.
I will respond to this in a different thread. See below for a response to your other question. > >> * created a consolidation for express packages to keep >> them synced up in presence of future express packages >> >> * appended an "x" to the end of express component packages >> so that "cc" will always mean an FCS compiler, and >> "ccx" will always mean the latest express compiler. > > I don't think you need that because the package namespace is > hierarchical so the fact there is the 'solstudioex' component of the > name above it in the hierarchy ensures that there is a distinction > between FCS and Express releases. We want "pkg install cc" to do something reasonable. Remember that hierarchical names will match against a request for just the basename. In the discussion during package renaming, it was mentioned several times as a goal to try to have unique base names so people didn't have to specify any of the hierarchy. --chris _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
