[6955] in SIPB bug reports
Re: Digital Unix binaries in sipb locker
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
Tue Aug 11 18:45:10 1998
To: Mike Whitson <mwhitson@MIT.EDU>
Cc: bug-sipb@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: [6953]
From: amu@MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
Date: 11 Aug 1998 18:45:03 -0400
Unless you expect your builds to be particularly less reliable than
the builds for other architectures --- and possibly even then,
depending on the strength of (3) --- I'd advocate putting the software
in sipb, because
(1) There's precedence (the HP/UX binaries).
(2) It produces a more consistent environment with less chance
of confusion; in particular, you don't have to take any
special measures (such as making symlinks or specifying
mixed paths) for shared data files.
(3) Athenized Alphas' users presumably know to expect less
support in general.
--
Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC <amu@mit.edu> (finger amu@monk.mit.edu)
