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

Philip Brown phil at bolthole.com
Sat Feb 5 23:08:44 CET 2011


2011/2/5 Maciej Bliziński <maciej at opencsw.org>:
> 2011/2/5 Philip Brown <phil at bolthole.com>:
>> 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.
>
> Doesn't the word "should" imply that in well-grounded cases a
> different approach can be used?

No it doesnt.

I understand what Peter F was saying, reguarding traditional RFC language.
But lets make our regs readable to "common folks".

Example: If you mean "usually", then say "usually".
To most folks, "should" == "must".


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