Future Direction Package Mgmt vs. Config Mgmt

• need to improve communication between package mgmt and config mgmt

• packages need to encode the following:

  • build-time options used to create the package (e.g., what paths were hard-coded? what modules was Apache built with?)
  • what external configuration is needed in order for the package to be installed? (e.g., prerequisite packages? create user/group? install default config file? run initialization command?)