[OpenAFS] Thinking about 1.6 - rpm & deb installs

[Dave B]

Can/should BOS be able to recognize the old style Bosconfig and either
complain loudly, go with it, or convert it on the fly?

On Wed, 2009-12-16 at 19:54 -0500, Jason Edgecombe wrote:
> Andrew Deason wrote:
> > On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:41:47 -0800
> > "Buhrmaster, Gary" <gtb@slac.stanford.edu> wrote:
> >
> >   
> >>> Right, but if it is part of the initial 1.6 release, I think people
> >>> will quite a bit more cautious then just replacing binaries anyway
> >>> since it is a major version change then then a .x update.
> >>>       
> >> Not all the people running openAFS will be as knowledgably
> >> (even as to the numbering system of a 1.<even>) as the people
> >> on this list.
> >>
> >> Many (linux) packaging systems will just replace older versions
> >> without a discussion with the installer about what else they
> >> need to change
> >>     
> >
> > I have faith in at least our resident rpm and deb packagers to give some
> > notice. Also, downstream packagers can automate changing BosConfig to
> > reflect a DAFS configuration, if they decide that the upgrade path
> > should move to DAFS transparently.
> >
> > People that compile and install the binaries themselves ideally are a
> > little more aware of what's going on (otherwise, why would they
> > upgrade?). And you don't need to know about the even/odd numbering
> > scheme, just that the 4 in 1.4 hasn't changed in a while.
> >   
> I'm more comfortable with an rpm/deb that converts Bosconfig as part of 
> the pre-install routine.
> 
> Would it be advantageous to have boserver read multiple files so that 
> you could have a dbserver and a fileserver packages and those package 
> would just insert the right config?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jason
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