Stefan Teleman wrote: > > > Joseph Kowalski wrote: >> >> I'm skipping the nested inclusion method in replying to David for the >> moment. I somehow think there is a disconnect which needs to be >> resolved first. >> >> From David's mail, I'm led to believe that only a small number of >> PHP versions will be on the system. Initially, only PHP5, perhaps >> joined by PHP4 (or 6) in the future. As I said in other mail, I >> suspect a workable support plan can be worked for this model. (If >> this works out to be the case, I would like to see a paragraph or two >> about it in the materials rather than "like Perl". We need to write >> this down sometime to avoid the "Ground Hog Day" effect.) >> >> However, if this is that case, I don't understand the benefit or use >> of the [version] directory level *under* PHP5: >> >> 2.3. Directory Naming and Structure >> The proposed directory layout for PHP5 is: >> /usr/php5/ >> bin -> [version]/bin >> doc -> [version]/doc >> >> .... >> >> /usr/php5/[version]/bin/php Uncommitted Executable location >> /usr/php5/bin/php Uncommitted Symbolic link >> /usr/bin/php Uncommitted Symbolic link >> >> This seems only designed to allow support for multiple, co-resident >> versions of PHP5. >> >> The only way I can reconcile David's statement with this structure is >> that Sun Solaris would only ever deliver one version of PHP5 and the >> [version] field's only purpose is to give a structure to allow SA's >> to download other versions directly from the community. The >> OpenSolaris reference build would also be so resticted. Other >> OpenSolaris distros could do what they want, but would be encouraged >> to do the same. >> >> What is the model here? > > This is the directory structure currently in existence with Perl5: > > /usr/perl5/5.6.1/ > /usr/perl5/5.8.4/ > > [ ... ] > > /usr/perl5/bin -> /usr/perl5/5.8.4/bin > /usr/perl5/man -> /usr/perl5/5.8.4/man > > /usr/bin/perl -> /usr/perl5/5.8.4/bin/perl > > The PHP5 model is a clone. > > --Stefan > I know that.
In Nevada, both the 5.6.1 and 5.8.4 directories are populated. This would seem contrary to David's statements. Perhaps I should of asked "What is the Administrative and Delivery model here?". Perhaps I should also go read what we said when we OK this for Perl... 8^) - jek3
