Re: Goals for first release (June/USENIX)

[ibotty <me@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>>     If we use the /opt idea as a basis, then a binary package is
>>     simply a tar of /opt/<packageandver> directory.  The ONLY
>>     thing we really need to be able to use such a tar file is a
>>     parser for /opt/<pkgandver>/ENVIRONMENT which builds the
>>     symlinks and varsyms.
> 
> I think I'd prefer that it be '/opt-df' or '/df-pkg' or something
> else short but unique.  Too many admins may be used to using /opt
> for other things, and it also might be that some of these package
> ideas could be easily adapted to other OS's.

i really like /usr/pkg, that pkgsrc uses.

~ibotty