From nobody Tue Feb 10 01:14:34 2026 X-Original-To: freebsd-pkgbase@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4f93YC2gw2z6R75F for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2026 01:16:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ivy@freebsd.org) Received: from smtp.freebsd.org (smtp.freebsd.org [96.47.72.83]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.freebsd.org", Issuer "R12" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4f93YB5QkTz4Qjh for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2026 01:16:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ivy@freebsd.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1770686174; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=bVxKNVNk99pbh1rXlOTxpr0KmeRcD6LSbWakBl14zSo=; b=ld28nYS5yn/eNQS4gBy/XJeJ6E3F4lSFmyCAklQUSzlgBdbCIB+DVc236IrjzWJBw+fZAb YG00KZ1wsmGjKPd9DbxlJ/PmIXlZUSSIxgbJgPifg/w1bYUkdbnKsinvqwMHzFxf8wuY9Q xKC7S+0yGgH2buDdzO7pjZ39qKIrSKno21mzodL5McQNxv/2+KBusqaww/yH7/Id/nLHrD PyaV0+cn2+RhGCSbl8fI211aI89cODuwR0OpcX9QDouyx3FW9OxzF2enFX6w5YcC63oxLo pdBVe9x9nM2VlSx1ERVZDaHWmOgR7j4mMvYSOrWJpSTdVhEpvXze/LZPFeSzKw== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=dkim; d=freebsd.org; t=1770686174; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=bOEFgDLVvxXCNH05kZbq38XPBnJszhyeHwyhqwiMbFvIirGSwsrquIKHU+pRhgKgd0NsCQ OCES7YCBvvCq8L2ABpGLDirOA7mC/plX8eADkmmWp1fkGXOXBoDpXld+jbcmY3ZV5X75hh b41jeKiOt3Pbqpz0AyVV/Qt867VpeSnV7CtiHh0nYRhGsBmTccTezFxTSzUE9ydG9GbDU1 hpXzlFS/UhwnncD9KaJaKvWQgXjvNAhL5M6exfqie0vxTSZ4AzMMOthmLJJNHAP0BSVPun anmly5dG8IxKEAu+gzd9gCXZmksm9VWmOEYE4LDfoIrWcZmvm7YVodRyLdjY8w== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx1.freebsd.org; none ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1770686174; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=bVxKNVNk99pbh1rXlOTxpr0KmeRcD6LSbWakBl14zSo=; b=ONzIAa5qnC5HJLsdcykhOdKv+a4wccy2sI+Cvn7sx3XRIjoRc3ifbt2bU0Xghhl3jFM4qb XdUAgw8LvfkCpzBEV+1HUXydq842hLkWB7V8l/BSnb0Wd4nLobKld1ipLqr9dCmC6SKqMt T0yJtyMNsnGelPskzWC7Z9pjLzGyX2tsr2TWts+epYMLfCzaDAGA0o34nfNRUdxkahtHuL 55h5qLnAyDk8x2xSk+hYenjF3vKCK1xOHIgRoJdEQSbbiU62atvufcwbzc6DGPBqiPl8S1 U9FELN6xhd1pwYPRIfO+DCHdkD4kLTBqNwDA5un6SvFkExxVOnWvcB4gmaimvw== Received: from amaryllis.le-fay.org (amaryllis.le-fay.org [IPv6:2a00:1098:6b:400::9]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: ivy/mail) by smtp.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4f93YB33BCzB0w for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2026 01:16:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ivy@freebsd.org) Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 01:14:34 +0000 From: Lexi Winter To: freebsd-pkgbase@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreBSD pkgbase vs distsets. Message-ID: Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-pkgbase@freebsd.org References: List-Id: Packaging the FreeBSD base system List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-pkgbase List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-pkgbase@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ZijSrbIy9D7+tr/C" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: --ZijSrbIy9D7+tr/C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline hackee wrote in : > 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. we aren't removing support for distsets in the build infrastructure. we simply won't provide distsets on freebsd.org, and installing FreeBSD via distsets will not be supported. however, you can continue to build distsets for your own use. this will be supported on a "best effort" basis (i.e., if it breaks, please send a patch) but several important downstream users including CHERI still depend on this, so it shouldn't break too badly. --ZijSrbIy9D7+tr/C Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEABYKAB0WIQSyjTg96lp3RifySyn1nT63mIK/YAUCaYqGdwAKCRD1nT63mIK/ YOdYAQDjF6Rr5PX08wP6qa1RTBubJjuau7gQ6dR13aBDXW4txAD+KXPa6dWMu/vS fcywvuDwsrfQ5X/be/EWDL/h+P9IbA4= =1RcL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZijSrbIy9D7+tr/C-- From nobody Tue Feb 10 07:13:08 2026 X-Original-To: freebsd-pkgbase@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4f9CT86lHMz6Rbx3 for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2026 07:13:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from h4ckee@proton.me) Received: from mail-10697.protonmail.ch (mail-10697.protonmail.ch [79.135.106.97]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "protonmail.com", Issuer "R12" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4f9CT80JcHz3tVY; Tue, 10 Feb 2026 07:13:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from h4ckee@proton.me) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=proton.me; s=protonmail; t=1770707593; x=1770966793; bh=UM9rngMyXue2UIJqabvut2Q+NAkXMbgvS7PpVx1/DHU=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID: Message-ID:BIMI-Selector; b=Piwbu/XkSbYLyYAZSBA39by8w4TtY0dvc9S/wQzfyznmIX9mbigtqBR6nQPdyXAtA KU3oCKjtlPWa53k9oXJKtqdbJezKpknX8bV8a2wwXuh3fvB032U2qlyI6aMp+aAiB9 BtDnT2aU8cRIqnIGsJUWZJKa8dCM/TmKDikdJMKsJ7sCdbaxDQjx8tEWRVPbf3AxzU ouTIlQ7Wq9hzlPjd7GevqilWhcvN5RUJSe+c9Ru902ZDYQVHHTFuDKgErccLLcKj77 MpRTs97jVKTaTwHPSqnyGE48ziJW3aUXw/aW6hioLFGanPstt721iiS6rrj2GvDPD1 EpjuPXYv4suWQ== Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 07:13:08 +0000 To: Lexi Winter From: hackee Cc: freebsd-pkgbase@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreBSD pkgbase vs distsets. Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: Feedback-ID: 57180569:user:proton X-Pm-Message-ID: 9110c2f14eb89e54652541bc00915a3a29b53dd8 List-Id: Packaging the FreeBSD base system List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-pkgbase List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-pkgbase@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:62371, ipnet:79.135.106.0/24, country:CH] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4f9CT80JcHz3tVY X-Spamd-Bar: ---- Thanx for clarification, Then I believe that I should not have any special problems. Best regards. =D0=B2=D1=82=D0=BE=D1=80=D0=BD=D0=B8=D0=BA, 10 =D1=84=D0=B5=D0=B2=D1=80= =D0=B0=D0=BB=D1=8F 2026 =D0=B3., 1:16 =D0=94=D0=9F, Lexi Winter =D0=BD=D0=B0=D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=81=D0=B0=D0=BB: > hackee wrote in CRIyUTXuehXBE99lRe33_6IfZ5sZmIsIh9v1TOeBVHIXwSuoZ0522ZJUb= ZHSfnxcljiLFtruM-lnRY1CufB2szqP21hiGHvugZIBQxE2dzA=3D@proton.me: >=20 > > 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. >=20 >=20 > we aren't removing support for distsets in the build infrastructure. > we simply won't provide distsets on freebsd.org, and installing FreeBSD > via distsets will not be supported. however, you can continue to build > distsets for your own use. >=20 > this will be supported on a "best effort" basis (i.e., if it breaks, > please send a patch) but several important downstream users including > CHERI still depend on this, so it shouldn't break too badly. 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Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 23:31:24 +0700 X-Mailer: MailMate (2.0r6290) Message-ID: <956B42FE-17C6-429B-8A7F-C4924A46A1D0@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: References: List-Id: Packaging the FreeBSD base system List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-pkgbase List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-pkgbase@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2026-02-10 08:14:34 (+0700), Lexi Winter wrote: > hackee wrote in = > : >> 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. > > we aren't removing support for distsets in the build infrastructure. > we simply won't provide distsets on freebsd.org, and installing = > FreeBSD > via distsets will not be supported. however, you can continue to = > build > distsets for your own use. > > this will be supported on a "best effort" basis (i.e., if it breaks, > please send a patch) but several important downstream users including > CHERI still depend on this, so it shouldn't break too badly. Not to mention FreeBSD.org. ;) I've been experimenting with pkgbase for the cluster but it'll be a good = while before we can put everything on pkgbase. A lot of what we do = depends on being able to "tar -xf base.txz" somewhere. And a lot of muscle memory. We try to eat as much dogfood as we can though. Philip From nobody Tue Feb 10 23:56:57 2026 X-Original-To: freebsd-pkgbase@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4f9dlP2NSgz6RLK2 for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2026 23:57:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsd-lists@bsdforge.com) Received: from udns.ultimatedns.net (udns.ultimatedns.net [24.113.41.81]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "ultimatedns.net", Issuer "R12" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4f9dlN6lKxz3l84; Tue, 10 Feb 2026 23:57:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsd-lists@bsdforge.com) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from ultimatedns.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by udns.ultimatedns.net (8.16.1/8.16.1) with ESMTP id 61ANuw0b079871; Tue, 10 Feb 2026 15:57:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bsd-lists@bsdforge.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=bsdforge.com; s=bsdforge; t=1770767824; x=1770768424; r=y; bh=BcMufcurXdpksvcfcWulJJQEW9YNzxRZ8gKHo4oXGPI=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References; b=nVCGj3Um50I3vyLWeKD/KFuBNfRWO7Xr2yiJWGVDrowYSYg6Px432joUwgm6fsY/Q IEyZ0dy8qsM5z8rDHvi1kOdVF2MdR4ihlIxxlJ+6DQpI9xPBLTXH8BJFfpaJUXFeDT M2AkHg3/rUnAqIO2hbDPxWjFYU0TCm11FlRbqhkV3hqP5aj1CK5eCFdD5zm5mJrvTp 7dZKEn8H5y1lZkk+QWOfec9Vk7tBQBKAQtPQaaSG/3sE5p8Ro15VvGvt8iIRHz7rW2 Yk5JYR/cYRwK5RDiURIAfFHet8Cs30Bo5J4CsRg5ngp3vB0QAoad8iq9sT292hpnzT AEbsMtwKZGpuw== List-Id: Packaging the FreeBSD base system List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-pkgbase List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-pkgbase@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 15:56:57 -0800 From: Chris To: Philip Paeps Cc: Lexi Winter , freebsd-pkgbase@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreBSD pkgbase vs distsets. In-Reply-To: <956B42FE-17C6-429B-8A7F-C4924A46A1D0@freebsd.org> References: <956B42FE-17C6-429B-8A7F-C4924A46A1D0@freebsd.org> User-Agent: UDNSMS/17.0 Message-ID: X-Sender: bsd-lists@bsdforge.com Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=_e5d6e1b6eb1c8d0525f68ac6c0f4a628" X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:11404, ipnet:24.113.0.0/16, country:US] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4f9dlN6lKxz3l84 X-Spamd-Bar: ---- --=_e5d6e1b6eb1c8d0525f68ac6c0f4a628 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed On 2026-02-10 08:31, Philip Paeps wrote: > On 2026-02-10 08:14:34 (+0700), Lexi Winter wrote: > >> hackee wrote in >> : >>> 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. >> >> we aren't removing support for distsets in the build infrastructure. >> we simply won't provide distsets on freebsd.org, and installing FreeBSD >> via distsets will not be supported. however, you can continue to build >> distsets for your own use. >> >> this will be supported on a "best effort" basis (i.e., if it breaks, >> please send a patch) but several important downstream users including >> CHERI still depend on this, so it shouldn't break too badly. > > Not to mention FreeBSD.org. ;) > > I've been experimenting with pkgbase for the cluster but it'll be a good > while > before we can put everything on pkgbase. A lot of what we do depends on > being > able to "tar -xf base.txz" somewhere. We use a very similar approach on all our (server) rollouts. Loosing builtin distsets will create some pain. > > And a lot of muscle memory. Amen to that. :) > > We try to eat as much dogfood as we can though. 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