star, rmt, and librmt [PSARC/2008/176 FastTrack timeout 03/12/2008]

[Alan Coopersmith]

Shawn Walker wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 6:09 AM, Joerg Schilling
> <Joerg.Schilling at fokus.fraunhofer.de> wrote:
>> Shawn Walker <swalker at opensolaris.org> wrote:
>>
>>  > >  In talking to Joerg, it seems that the configuration and syntax of these
>>  > >  star
>>  > >  configuration files is well-known for administrators across a wide set of
>>  > >  operating systems- close to 20.   They have also been around awhile
>>  > >  too; /etc/default/rmt - 1998 and /etc/default/star - 2000.
>>  >
>>  > Right, but /etc/rc.d, etc. were around for decades as well, but have
>>  > been moved to SMF.
>>
>>  /etc/default is a platform spanning good. I believe it is even part of the SYSv
>>  interface definition.
>>
>>  You may introduce new methods for new programs but you should not do this for
>>  programs that exist for a long time.
> 
> You should if there is a better way or an expected way of doing things.
> 
> Consistency within an operating platform is important, and any
> services on Solaris are now expected to use SMF.

Services yes - but star is not a service.   Configuration files are still
allowed to be in /etc instead of properties in SMF when they are already
known across multiple platforms.

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	-Alan Coopersmith-           alan.coopersmith at sun.com
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