[csw-maintainers] MySQL shared libraries - how about /opt/csw/lib?

[rupert THURNER]

do you envision a simple and easy to upgrade package by everyone, or
we end up with a "php-style package" nobody is able to maintain any
more?

On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 18:07, Ben Walton <bwalton at opencsw.org> wrote:
> Excerpts from Maciej (Matchek) Blizinski's message of Sun Jan 02 10:46:59 -0500 2011:
>
>> I agree that it's a good idea and I would like the mysql packages to
>> be packaged that way.  In this proposal, I would like to decouple
>> the packaging from shared libraries from the rest of mysql packages.
>> I would like the mysql shared library packages to stop being special
>> and different from all other shared library packages.
>
> If this is a short term step as part of a larger plan to consolidate
> the entire package back under the 'normal' prefix, that's good.  Don't
> you think it's potentially more inconvenient (to you and the users) to
> do this piecemeal though?
>
>> It's the divide and conquer idea - it's easier to tackle one problem
>> at a time.  I would like to deal with shared libraries first, and
>> when this bit is done, continue with --prefix=/opt/csw.
>
> Ok.
>
> Thanks
> -Ben
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