Danek Duvall writes:
> > It's primarily so the package complies with Sun's own rules.
>
> You could just change the name of the package. :)
Not really: the current rules dictate how package names are constructed:
I'd have to change the rules instead :-)
> > > I'd really like to hear from other ON developers on this.
> >
> > Agreed. On the other hand, it would have been good if a comment like
> > this had been made earlier in the game, like in the CR ...
>
> It can be really hard to say "that's not useful work", but I think that's
> the case here, at least for the directory rename part of it. The rule
I can live with that, but as I said: it's better to get a `no' earlier than
later.
> suggesting /opt/<pkgname> is hardly written in stone.
I think it is, but hasn't been followed consistently, even by parts of Sun,
which created a terrible mess. E.g., have a look at the terrible mess CAM
(the Common Array Manager) creates in /opt.
Rainer
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