From phil at bolthole.com Mon Nov 1 16:49:32 2010 From: phil at bolthole.com (Philip Brown) Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 08:49:32 -0700 Subject: [csw-announce] important change: length of software names In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Greetings, OpenCSW users, We are considering making a change to a long-time standard for CSW packages. It has been proposed that we raise the maximum length limit on our software names, to be the full length supported by Solaris 9 and 10. This means that PKG names would be allowed to be 32 chars long. which means catalog names, aka "software names", could be up to 29 chars long (To match the PKG name, minus the leading "CSW") While we believe our internal software, and also utilities such as pkg-get and pkgutil, can be easily modified, we wanted to give the user community notice in advance, so that there is opportunity for feedback, if this somehow adversely affects anyone. If this is the case for you, please let us know. The simplest method is probably to email the 'users' list. However, if you wish, you may alternatively email me, or the OpenCSW board list. (board @ ....) Thank you for your interest, and involvement, in OpenCSW Philip Brown