Jack Schwartz wrote: > Hi Jean. > > On 12/16/08 07:51, Jean McCormack wrote: >> Attached is what I believe is what we've decided upon. >> I put the signpost after the packages since I believe it will be an >> item that >> is much more likely to be configured. > The three main items in the manifest which can be changed to mold a > distro (other than names and build areas), seems to me, are the > package list, the bootroot files list and the finalizer script entries. > > Placing of this signpost implies that the finalizer script list isn't > frequently modified. Do you think this is accurate? I'm not really sure that people outside of our group are really modifying the finalizer list. I believe the real issue is what does "frequently modified" really imply? I believe that build_area is going to be modified by most people Beyond that, everything is a subset. I even debated about whether the package list was frequently modified or not but went with "yes" due to recent activity we've seen.
Jean > > Thanks, > Jack > > >> That's slightly different than >> your bug comments though. >> >> Jean >> >> Dave Miner wrote: >>> Jean McCormack wrote: >>>> Bug 5364 Example manifest should be organized for easy customization >>>> >>>> raises the issue that the manifests could be organized better to >>>> enable >>>> people to more easily locate the few options that are likely to be >>>> modified. >>>> >>>> Here's my proposal: >>>> >>>> The areas that are hard to locate are in img_params so those are >>>> the ones I'm >>>> looking at moving. >>>> >>>> Current format: >>>> img_params >>>> packages >>>> post_install_remove_packages >>>> generate_ips_search_index >>>> bootroot_contents >>>> live-img_compression_type >>>> build_area >>>> grub_menu_modifications >>>> output_image >>>> finalizer >>>> >>>> >>>> The issue is that bootroot_contents is so long that anything after >>>> it is hard to find. >>>> So what I think I'd like to do is move the small items to the top >>>> and leave packages >>>> and bootroot_contents near the bottom. Since the >>>> output_image/finalizer scripts >>>> are also largish I'll leave those last. >>>> >>>> Here's what I'm thinking >>>> >>>> img_params >>>> build_area >>>> live-img-compression_type >>>> grub_men_modification >>>> generate_ips_search_index >>>> packages >>>> post_install_remove_packages >>>> bootroot_contents >>>> output_image >>>> finalizer >>>> >>>> Does this sound OK to everyone? >>>> >>> >>> I would think that package lists are much more likely to be modified >>> than the compression and search index stuff. >>> >>> I'd move the bootroot compression setting right next to the packages. >>> >>> Also, I still suggest a signpost (as shown in my comments in the >>> bug) to delineate the likely vs. unlikely modifications. >>> >>> Dave >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> caiman-discuss mailing list >> caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss >
