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Re: "goals" for slink: FHS



Hi,
>>"Raul" == Raul Miller <rdm@test.legislate.com> writes:

 Raul> I suppose another option is to upgrade support programs only
 Raul> for slink (making it a slink requirement that any program with
 Raul> a reference to /usr/man also supports /usr/share/man in the
 Raul> same fashion, and similarly for info, and doc (dwww)).

	I think this should also be back-ported to hamm-update/2.0r1. 
 Doing s would make transition easier, and also make it possible for
 people running stable to try out a Slink package.

 Raul> After slink we could start moving the referenced files.  We'd
 Raul> then insist that people must upgrade everything to slink before
 Raul> upgrading beyond that point.  [Or that they upgrade everything
 Raul> in their distribution.]


	I Object strongly!!! Incremental upgrades is what we have
 promised our users forever. If I am running a mission critical
 server, I want to stay with Hamm. But if there is a bugfix enhanced
 apache relerase, I want to use that from Slink, if it has things I
 require. However, I do not want to risk the stability of the
 system. I should be able to do this. Nothing should force users to
 upgrade all or else!!

	We should make it possible for people on 20r1 to be able to
 upgrade single packages to Slink. That is why 2.0r1 has to have
 patched Slink-compatible versions of the programsthat need to read
 /usr/share/{doc,man,info}  as well.

	manoj

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