Date: Thu, 19 May 2016 20:31:26 +0000 From: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-pkgbase@FreeBSD.org Cc: re@FreeBSD.org, secteam@FreeBSD.org Subject: Followup on packaging base with pkg(8) Message-ID: <20160519203126.GO3335@FreeBSD.org>
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--IJVQSCEsm6ceb9tV Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Dear FreeBSD community: Early this year, it was announced [1] that FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE would ship not only with the ability to package the base system with pkg(8), but the intent to use pkg(8) as the primary binary upgrade mechanism for the base system. Despite the schedule adjustment for 11.0-RELEASE to allow additional time to resolve several issues prior to the merge to head, too many issues remained. Following the merge to head, many more issues were discovered, some resolved, but many without a clear, non-disruptive solution. Given the state of this highly-disruptive change to the base system, we need to take the best interest of the FreeBSD community into primary consideration, as a whole. We have arrived at the difficult decision to treat packaged base as a "beta" feature for 11.0-RELEASE, and continue with freebsd-update(8) as the primary binary upgrade mechanism for this release. Development on this change will continue in head and stable/11 (when it is branched), however, with the target goal of transitioning to pkg(8) for the base system for 11.1-RELEASE. We fully intend to do this in a way that does not constitute a POLA violation, especially on an established -STABLE branch. The details on how we will attempt this transition are still to be determined, however all technical, solvable details. But we will ensure as best as we can to avoid violating POLA for the transition while the remaining issues are resolved. At this point, the risks far outweigh the benefits, especially taking into consideration some of the more recent fallout of several changes. Thank you to everyone who supported this effort, and we hope you will continue to support and test the forward development of packaging the base system with pkg(8). Thank you. [1] https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-pkgbase/2016-January/000000.html Glen On behalf of: re@ --IJVQSCEsm6ceb9tV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJXPiKeAAoJEAMUWKVHj+KTNhEP/ieq6jWhbodGEHvZf1QdPrv6 0Q7P1tBmRUR2CyQ9wYbJ5JkAHYkYQXVzJd/Ia3VPwoN814hjK2OAmd40AtMMTV0U m1lq6yVqKjMAWkNN9YyCpCFjU2JqOiS6wxNZF+dtkCBF1pD0cnFTfkCp7gQjd5Me V6aH/QXx5WvcqsLmNik37M/VuRQ8IvkbyXfwONBWoBi5LwBkX5b0jJk+9TUMCq5Z WDW82Ex5khS2RoEhJIdfbPAiu6JaD4bVI5tTcXo/+e0Tb+Ucwr5AX+9w7u8SC21S 9tovNgfc/KAl2rFccMMS1LP2kosjL6Cle1iHrzu/v1+C0tnRXGi5FaZD5j98XZtZ oBAPl3fIG4mT9Mqbx7gIHac/wjqQ8QvRFIQ2fY9jLvsl+6bthbXI8GI8rpxx3ygv SruT/xrOvVEcYfMZOcfdq33q4ic50/yDJeT/GW9Yw8DhR3PYu9NcCl4CvhB3lw6U ChqqHMxuqXn1ZpWMte1SlvVB89kRnj9HlIZTPeex0m86z7E7H8k17hRucoN9vTB/ W3Vr7jkyeQa+LzHLBvdnD3m7gxVUBB1cR5bKG9pSrOMfAF7JIk+EGfQiWJgWC/4/ Vu16LmjWjyzfkD3MNREXzIssLk63lwGl0b0Xro2kqlw5HF1W09rqH+QyvfQGo0KP ffUHry4Xpz34TIPyPfk3 =TW5i -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --IJVQSCEsm6ceb9tV--
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