[OpenAFS] Re: OpenAFS Project List
Derrick J Brashear
shadow@dementia.org
Wed, 14 Mar 2001 23:10:32 -0500 (EST)
On 14 Mar 2001, Johan Danielsson wrote:
> "Laura Stentz" <stentz@us.ibm.com> writes:
>
> > |------------------+--------------+---------------+----------------------|
> > | @sys expansion | | High | Derrick Brashear will|
> > | | | | write up the proposal|
> > | | | | of "best practices |
> > | | | | for using sysname". |
> > | | | | Suggested naming |
> > | | | | convention is |
> > | | | | i386_openbsd_28_28. |
> > | | | | (Craig Everhart to |
> > | | | | have IBM/AFS |
> > | | | | development to |
> > | | | | comment on the |
> > | | | | proposal to determine|
> > | | | | if IBM will follow |
> > | | | | the openafs |
> > | | | | convention.) |
> > |------------------+--------------+---------------+----------------------|
>
> Since it's `good practice' to include the sysname in per architecture
> volumes, this pretty much requires that volume names can be longer
> than 32 characters.
The argument was made that short names be used for volumes, while full
names would be used for sysname values; Additionally, existing sysname
families would be grandfathered.
> And I'm also not so sure you can come up with a universal naming
> scheme, for instance on the various BSD's the machine type makes a
> pretty good first component, but it might not be the same as used on
> other systems.
-D