Peter Memishian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Folks,
>
> During the ksh93 code review, the topic of policies for unreferenced files
> in ON came up. As per http://opensolaris.org/os/community/on/findunref
> we've had an internal policy since March 2001 that unreferenced files are
> generally not permitted, but it's not covered in any of the OpenSolaris
> development literature that I'm aware of. As such, I've put together the
> following write-up, which I propose including in the "Best Practices and
> Requirements" section of http://opensolaris.org/os/community/on/devref_toc
>
> 7.5 Unreferenced File Policy
> ============================
>
> An "unreferenced file" is a file that is not used during a build of a
> given source tree. An unreferenced file is considered a sign of
> brokenness (in much the same manner as an unused variable flagged by
> lint), and thus is forbidden in the ON source tree. However, exceptions
> may be granted by the gatekeepers when appropriate -- usually for:
If you like to integrate _Portable_ OSS from other sources, you would need
to live with _aparently_ unused files.
Jörg
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