Stephen Hahn wrote:
> * Tom Whitten <thomas.whitten at SUN.COM> [2009-12-02 21:11]:
>> smf(5)/Greenline (PSARC 2002/547) provides the manifest-import
>> process, that imports manifest files from supported directories
>> under /var/svc/manifest and /var/svc/manifest/site. The
>> manifest-import process runs late in the boot process due to
>> a dependency on the system/filesystem/minimal service. It is
>> desirable to have this process run much earlier in the boot process,
>> specifically before any services are started.
>
> Let's not call it Greenline anymore, at least in ARC documentation.
I appreciate the concern here over obsolete project names, but the
standard way to refer to ARC cases within materials intended for ARC
review is to give the title of the case and the number. So, you could
write something like this to make the preferred naming more clear:
SMF ("Greenline" PSARC 2002/547) provides ...
But dropping the "Greenline" name entirely would not be correct, at
least per ARC tradition. The reason it's done that way is for
redundancy. Fat-fingered case numbers do appear occasionally, and it's
much better to have a clear reference that can be resolved by anyone
than to have a single reference that may be unclear.
Yes, I realize that SMF is famous enough now that it seems as though
"nobody" could ever be confused by the citation, but ARC materials are
meant to withstand the test of time and still be understandable when
we're all gone. I suggest staying with the existing reference scheme.
--
James Carlson 42.703N 71.076W <carlsonj at workingcode.com>
