[csw-maintainers] [policy] files/dirs in /var/opt/csw

[Peter FELECAN]

Philip Brown <phil at bolthole.com> writes:

> On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Peter FELECAN <pfelecan at opencsw.org> wrote:
>> ...
>> If we can provide directories then files are alright also.
>>
>
> I dont see how that follows.
> directories are almost zero-content. They can be recreated at will
> with zero special knowlege.
> Whereas files actually have unique content, so they are impossible to
> recreate, without special knowlege of the proper contents.

For me creating directories is as complex or simple as copying
files. It depends on the context.

>>...
>> 1. to say this explicitly in our policies with all the strings and
>>   bells needed by such an use case.
>>
>> 2. a standardized mechanism to propagate all the stuff created by our
>>   packages on the NFS client's /var/opt/csw.
>
> I think these are excellent ideas.
>
> To some degree, we do have 'use cases' for #1 documented, but they are
> a bit more geared towards user perspective, and I presume you mean
> more from a maintainer perspective.

Right on point. In the policies we need a maintainer perspective to
obtain an usage result.
-- 
Peter