[indiana-discuss] "no scripting zone" and isaexec(3C) == architectural

[Nicolas Williams]

On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 01:31:17PM -0700, Brock Pytlik wrote:
> Nicolas Williams wrote:
> >I don't necessarily think it a bug to allow pkgs with conflicting
> >actions into a repository _as long as_ they are treated as mutually
> >exclusive (including from incorporations).
> 
> I'll put it this way. It's a nice feature to have since it lets the 
> publisher ensure that the wad of software they're distributing is 
> self-consistent. But, that's all it is, a nice feature for the 

Maybe, but then, since it's possible to have conflicts between, say,
/contrib and /release (and these can arise after integration into
/contrib), it's really not possible to prevent conflicts at
publish-time.  That said, trying to do that does no harm.

> [...]
> 
> I'm very carefully staying out of the /opt debate as I know I don't 
> understand enough of the consequences of. That said, the first step in 
> being able to get this fix in is to fix the existing packages in our 
> distro, something we could definitely use some help with since the 
> problems, I believe, may be relevant for the nevada and S10 distros as well.

The first thing to settle in the /opt debate is: what are the rules for
OpenSolaris?  So far we have Shawn's opinion, but we don't know that
it's authoritative.  Third parties can reasonably think that they have a
pressing need to resolve that issue.  Then we can leisurely debate what
the answer should be (as opposed to what it is).

Nico
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