Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2026 10:22:37 +0000 From: hackee <h4ckee@proton.me> To: "freebsd-pkgbase@freebsd.org" <freebsd-pkgbase@freebsd.org> Subject: FreBSD pkgbase vs distsets. Message-ID: <CRIyUTXuehXBE99lRe33_6IfZ5sZmIsIh9v1TOeBVHIXwSuoZ0522ZJUbZHSfnxcljiLFtruM-lnRY1CufB2szqP21hiGHvugZIBQxE2dzA=@proton.me>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Hello guys! As far as I understand, FreeBSD 16 is planned to drop distsets support and move entirely to pkgbase. I am writing to ask you to reconsider this decision. I maintain a small FreeBSD-based project for my own hardware ( for amd64 platform, code can be seen here: https://github.com/h4ckee/CoreBSD ), that depends heavily on distsets, and migrating it to a pkgbase-only model would be highly inconvenient. I build custom compact ISO image based on that code. My equipment is for personal use, laptops and a server, but I'm hoping to create a small storage solution based on the compact FreeBSD distribution and may use it on my employer's equipment. There are also other companies and projects that use FreeBSD to build their own distributions—such as appliances and embedded systems—that similarly rely on distsets. I would like to propose keeping distsets intact while continuing to offer pkgbase as an alternative for those who wish to use it, in the same way it is done in the FreeBSD 15 release. I hope you will consider this request favorably. > Best regards, Tech. Eng. Sergei Praskovin. [-- Attachment #2 --] <div style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div>Hello guys!</div><div><br></div><div>As far as I understand, FreeBSD 16 is planned to drop distsets support and move entirely to pkgbase. I am writing to ask you to reconsider this decision. </div><div>I maintain a small FreeBSD-based project for my own hardware ( for amd64 platform, code can be seen here: https://github.com/h4ckee/CoreBSD ), that depends heavily on distsets, and migrating it to a pkgbase-only model would be highly inconvenient. <span class="HwtZe" lang="en"><span class="jCAhz ChMk0b"><span class="ryNqvb">I build custom compact ISO image based on that code. My equipment is for personal use, laptops and a server, but I'm hoping to create a small storage solution based on the compact FreeBSD distribution and may use it on my employer's equipment.</span></span></span> There are also other companies and projects that use FreeBSD to build their own distributions—such as appliances and embedded systems—that similarly rely on distsets. I would like to propose keeping distsets intact while continuing to offer pkgbase as an alternative for those who wish to use it, in the same way it is done in the FreeBSD 15 release. I hope you will consider this request favorably.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><blockquote data-start="103" data-end="845"> </blockquote><br>Best regards,</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Tech. Eng. Sergei Praskovin.</div></div><br></div>home | help
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