>>>>> "Stuart" == Stuart Rankin <[log in to unmask]> writes:
Stuart> Hi Sam,
>> Hi. I'd like to better understand this concern.
>>
>> How will keeping things in separate directories make dependency
>> resolution easier?
Stuart> Because then they could belong to new packages which would
Stuart> not need to carry the dependencies of the original
Stuart> distribution packages they replaced. If alternatively you
Stuart> were replacing distribution packages, e.g. if package P is
Stuart> replaced by P.moonshot, you might one day get the following
Stuart> situation:
Thanks, this was a very useful explanation.
I think we may be miscommunicating somewhat.
The only cases where we plan to replace distribution components are
cases where we'll leave our packages in /opt/moonshot.
That is, the openssh case.
libevent is another case where we'll either rename our packages and be
using a different soname and/or use a static build.
The stuff we're talking about putting in /usr is exactly stuff that
isn't in the distributions today. And if it gets there, please use
their packages not ours, or build from source.
In particular we're talking about:
* Shibboleth
* libradsec
* Moonshot UI
* Moonshot GSS mechanism
* jansson
* trust_router
--Sam
