Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2012 12:54:08 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg (aka pkgng) 1.0 released Message-ID: <5049E060.9020602@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <k2clsv$tci$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <20120830141939.GJ64447@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <k2ag08$hih$1@ger.gmane.org> <5048D2EC.70109@FreeBSD.org> <k2clsv$tci$1@ger.gmane.org>
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On 09/07/12 12:30, Ivan Voras wrote: > On 06/09/2012 18:44, Matthew Seaman wrote: >> On 06/09/2012 16:37, Ivan Voras wrote: > >>> Hi, >>> >>> It looks like the pkg port installs pkg.conf.sample with the line: >>> >>> PACKAGESITE : http://pkg.freebsd.org/${ABI}/latest >>> >>> ... which is finally a good step in the direction of making pkgng >>> working by default, except that the "pkg.freebsd.org" site doesn't exist >>> in DNS. Instead, pkgbeta.freebsd.org still exists. I suppose one should >>> be a DNS CNAME for the other? >> >> It's a SRV record: >> >> seedling:~:% dig +short IN SRV _http._tcp.pkg.freebsd.org >> 10 10 80 pkgbeta.FreeBSD.org. > > Hi, > > What are the benefits of doing it this way? Yeah -- it's a bit OTT right now given there's just the one publicly available pkg repository available. It will pay off later when there are more pkg repositories available -- repositories can be added to (or removed from) the list in the SRV record without end-users having to know the details. It may also be possible to replicate what portupdate has done and use geolocation based services to steer end users to a nearby repository site automatically. Cheers, Matthew
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