[csw-maintainers] [csw-users] important change: length of software names

Dagobert Michelsen dam at opencsw.org
Mon Nov 15 19:23:10 CET 2010


Hi,

Am 01.11.2010 um 16:48 schrieb Philip Brown:
> 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 this 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

Ok, two weeks from the inital post, only positive feedback from maintainers,
none from users. Is this settled to 32 characters, than?


Best regards

  -- Dago



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