[csw-maintainers] [POLICY] Shared library placement proposal

[Philip Brown]

2011/2/5 Maciej Bliziński <maciej at opencsw.org>:
>...
> Yes, I agree that using symlink can be a valid solution.  However,
> using symlinks vs regular files is a tangential issue.
>....
>
> Let's continue the shared library placement discussion.  How about the
> following:
>
> --------------------8<---------------------
>
> +++ Public shared libraries
>
> Public shared libraries, the ones that other software projects can
> link to, should be kept in /opt/csw/lib.
>...
> --------------------8<---------------------
>
> This phrasing is simple, and does not say anything about file types.
> Does it sound better?


To me, "libraries [..] should be kept in [...]" implies that "the
actual library, ie: the file" should be kept in...

That would need to be cleared up, to explicitly allow symlinks.