Danek Duvall writes: > > They do it presumably for the same reasons several of the OpenSolaris > > project teams have felt the need, which is to provide stability within a > > given major release family while at the same time making the > > newer-generation apps available. > > I'd like to take the "presumably" out of that. If there's a real need for > the versioning, let's hear it. If there isn't, let's not do it.
Having the path to the configuration files moving around from build to build like Robert Brown's pollen grains is distinctly not helpful for users. Please don't bake the version number into the path unless we _really_ need it, and then do only the minimum distinction necessary to make sure that the incompatible universe-has-changed transitions are accomodated correctly. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
