[csw-maintainers] Solaris 8 packages in named releases

[Maciej (Matchek) Bliziński]

12/12/29 Ben Walton <bwalton at opencsw.org>:
> A very simple addition to pkgutil will make moving to a new release
> more obvious:
>
> 1. Look for $catalog_url/UPGRADE_AVAILABLE (name is for discussion
> purposes, not a real proposal).
> 2. If found, display with pause before doing new package actions.
>
> So, when we're ready to have people move from Dublin to the next
> release, we place this file and pkgutil will now tell people that

I like the idea. It would make the catalogs a linked list. It could be
also a field in the catalog file, similar to the one with the creation
date.