On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 02:40:07PM -0800, Philip Brown wrote: > What I'd like to suggest: > How about not pretending, "we dont do postinstall scripts any more", and > instead saying, > > "This is the New and Improved way of doing postinstall scripts. This is why > it is an improvement. And oh by the way, here are some tools for you, to > help you transition your existing postinstall scripts, to the new-and-better > way".
Sure. The IPS team doesn't believe that no code can be associated with a package install, just that the context -- both in terms of execution and in terms of responsibility for the changes made -- resides outside the packaging system and the packages themselves. Shifting that context makes for a simpler, faster, more reproducible install and upgrade experience, as well as a simpler, faster, and more reproducible package development experience, and really should make everyone happier than they are now. Call it "postinstall" if you like, but software should be responsible for its own data management, and not trying to conflate it with software delivery. Danek _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
