Calum Mackay wrote: > Liane, > >> Services delivered under the /var/svc/manifest directory tree will >> still be supported. Although, they will be imported during Late >> Manifest Import, specifically by the current manifest-import process. > > Would there be any advantage in having the Early process also import the > /var manifests *if* /var/svc/manifest/ is available (which is presumably > a common case)?
I'll let the project team speak up if I'm misrepresenting, but the very significant disadvantage of doing this is that it will obscure bugs in the less common case, and lead both us and ISVs to deliver services in /var/svc/manifest that work on upgrade correctly only if /var is not separate. (Because some service which was delivered in / depends on configuration delivered in /var which isn't there until /var/svc/manifest is imported on upgrade.) It's better to be predictable and behave the same in both cases, and find bugs for a less-common but still frequent configuration in all situations. liane
