Dave Bauer
Do it the opposite way.
Many ideas come to mind. In no particular order.
* Give that man a cigar.
* It's ugly, but in a good way that'll probably just work.
* We already know symlinks work, as that's how we introduce /contrib packages to the APM and keep the CVS happy.
No changes to code required.
Unless I misunderstand, no. In that case it's just another package list that'll eventually fall into disuse. If the RP and APM don't reference the symlink tree instead of the /packages dir, then there's no point in creating it.