On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Stephen Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here's the part on package namespace handling. (These drafts were > checked in as c0af9237a26a.) I'd like to get feedback on this > document as well, before we start coming up with explicit categories, > etc. It's probably worth mentioning that I could have written much > more, but then the discussion might be prematurely narrowed... > > - Stephen
There is often times a disconnect between package names and the features they deliver. This is not limited to [Open]Solaris - I've felt that Debian and RHEL suffer from the same problem. I've written up my thoughts in this area at... http://mgerdts.blogspot.com/2008/03/solaris-wish-list-feature-based-meta.html The most important part of this idea is that it offers a way to refer to specific sets of packages, whether it be in installation profiles, mailing lists, release notes, etc. -- Mike Gerdts http://mgerdts.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
