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