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--