Anthony> I also think it's in everybody's best interest if Sun, IBM, Anthony> BEA _did_ package their systems using the JPackage Anthony> guidelines, so spreading the meme that it is a requirement is Anthony> a good idea. In a sense, it also "breaks" alternatives, Anthony> since users may put /opt/whatever in their path. Why Anthony> encourage something that is just bad practice? I think we ought to make a strong attempt to push this, while it could still have some effect. We can always soften it later if we don't convince upstream. Tom
