[csw-maintainers] Shared library placement proposal

[Philip Brown]

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Jonathan Craig <jcraig at opencsw.org> wrote:
> Nobody can game out all of the possible
> scenario's surrounding a policy, so the policy needs flexibility.
> This is achieved by leaving policy at the upper layer of
> architecture/design and/or by allowing the policy to be shaped through
> experience as the policies of governments are shaped by courts.   One
> must capture the spirit of the law so that one can can flex the letter
> of the law to see that the spirit is upheld.

Interestingly, this is by far my preferred method of handling things.
That is how things used to work, years ago.
But more recently, some people have taken an attitude of, "that's not
*policy*.. where's that written down?
if it's not 'policy' (and written to EXACTLY ADDRESS this situation),
then I'm going to do it my way, and I'm going to ignore anything you
have to say. "

I really dont like working that way. But people have been screaming
for policy,policy, policy.
So here we are.