2008/5/16 Nicolas Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 11:27:51AM -0700, Jordan Brown wrote: >> Shawn Walker wrote: >> > I personally would be horrified to see the pkg client get tied into a >> > configuration system directly. > > I think you've misunderstood what's being asked for, and you've not > acknowledged the fact that there's at least some things that we know > need post-install configuration and the developers of packaging for > those things will find ways to arrange for those post-install actions. > > The choice is: a standard way or a hodge-podge. > > I understand that we can't build Rome in one day, plus I'm not > contributing code which probably means I've no right to demand answers, > so: let's drop the subject. Soon I'll be at least a consumer of IPS as > a developer of packages, and then I think I'll be able to push issues of > this sort, and hopefully contribute code.
By tied in directly, I meant that the client would have to be a configuration tool as well as a package management tool. I would much rather see a generic configuration tool that could tie into the package database than see the configuration process become part of the pkg client. That's just my personal view though. >> > It needs to be a separate tool. >> >> Yes and no. They need to be part of the same picture. > > Exactly. It can be a separate tool. I have no objection to that, > provided that there's a standard tool that all package developers who > need it can use, and which provides a useful API and UI. What I could see, and that I do think is valuable, and unique is a way for a user of pkg to see which packages "need configuration" or whether they are using the "default configuration". That might be an interesting idea to pursue later on... > This thread has dragged on and been inconclusive. I think the best > thing to do here is let this issue drop, and when either you or I or > someone else needs this, then we can develop it and contribute it. I have to agree for the moment. Despite appearances, I do wish to see this issue resolved amicably. I just don't have a good feeling about any of the possible solutions at present. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker "To err is human -- and to blame it on a computer is even more so." - Robert Orben _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
