perfsonar development work

["Gijs Molenaar" <>]

C, most flexible solution to be 100% packaging standards compliant in the
future, without the need for changing paths. This can be done by creating
symlinks. This is not possible with /opt as perfsonar root.


> Hi,
>
>
> can you please all vote for the solution to be followed, so we can
> conclude.
>
> Cheers,
> Nicolas
>
>
> Stijn Melis wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>> I just checked my service, and at the moment I have option D instead of
>>  option A, like Cándido :s I presume it is best that I wait for a
>> decision to be reached before I make a change, right?
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>>
>> Stijn
>>
>>
>> Cándido Rodríguez Montes wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> I'm trying to summarize the options:
>>> A) Put pS services at /opt/perfsonar/services/<name_of_the_service>.
>>> Also, there are symbolic links at /etc/<name_of_the_service>,
>>> /var/log/<name_of_the_service> and
>>> /usr/share/doc/<name_of_the_service>.
>>> B) Put pS services at
>>> /var/lib/perfsonar/services/<name_of_the_service>. Also, there are
>>> symbolic links at /etc/<name_of_the_service>,
>>> /var/log/<name_of_the_service> and
>>> /usr/share/doc/<name_of_the_service>.
>>> C) Put pS services at
>>> /usr/lib/perfsonar/services/<name_of_the_service>. Also, there are
>>> symbolic links at /etc/<name_of_the_service>,
>>> /var/log/<name_of_the_service> and
>>> /usr/share/doc/<name_of_the_service>.
>>> D) Put pS services at
>>> /var/lib/tomcat5(.5)/webapps/<name_of_the_service>. Also, config files
>>>  are at /etc/<name_of_the_service>, logs files at
>>> /var/log/<name_of_the_service> and documentation at
>>> /usr/share/doc/<name_of_the_service>.
>>>
>>>
>>> We should decide which option we like. Also, there is another
>>> interesting question: if we move from (A) to another option, it will be
>>> for 3.1 or the next release?
>>>
>>> I agree with Stijn we cannot change every day the paths, but, if
>>> everybody is happy with the option (B) and we don't violate any
>>> packaging standards or any other technical agreement we should
>>> release a new RC with this change ASAP, so it can be included in the
>>> beta testing process. The good news is, after this agreement, we're
>>> not going to modify the paths anymore ;)
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>>
>>> El 24/09/2008, a las 11:01, Stijn Melis escribió:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> because I'm no expert on unix filesystems, I don't really have an
>>>> opinion on this. I'm fine with it either way, as long as I don't
>>>> have to change the paths every few days because something else gets
>>>> decided.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Stijn
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I think Gijs's comment is very important and reasonable. In my
>>>>> opinion we can accept the proposal to move all stuff to
>>>>> /var/lib/perfsonar directory.
>>>>> It's not a big change but as Gijs said does not violate packaging
>>>>> standards. Please service developers and release team, send your
>>>>> comments. We need the final agreement very soon. Thanks Gijs for
>>>>> your input! Roman
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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