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Date:      Tue, 19 Apr 2016 09:02:24 +0200
From:      Erik Cederstrand <erik+lists@cederstrand.dk>
To:        Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-pkgbase@freebsd.org, FreeBSD-Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: [CFT] packaging the base system with pkg(8)
Message-ID:  <9144F2D3-F039-4F65-9760-AD5B7F47D3E3@cederstrand.dk>
In-Reply-To: <571588BB.2070803@orthanc.ca>
References:  <20160302235429.GD75641@FreeBSD.org> <57152CE5.5050500@FreeBSD.org> <9D4B9C8B-41D7-42BC-B436-D23EFFF60261@ixsystems.com> <20160418191425.GW1554@FreeBSD.org> <571533B8.6090109@freebsd.org> <20160418194010.GX1554@FreeBSD.org> <57153E80.4080800@FreeBSD.org> <571551AB.4070203@freebsd.org> <5715772A.3070306@freebsd.org> <571588BB.2070803@orthanc.ca>

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> Den 19. apr. 2016 kl. 03.24 skrev Lyndon Nerenberg =
<lyndon@orthanc.ca>:
>=20
> There aren't enough seconds in the universe to test all the viable =
combinations for one single release.

We don't even do that with the WITH_FOO/WITHOUT_FOO options now, so why =
should that be a criteria? You can use any combination of those build =
options today, sure, but if something breaks you're on your own (you're =
always on your own, for that matter, since this is open source).

Seriously, there arguments put forth here against packaged base are =
pretty embarrassing. If you don't like packaged base, don't use it. =
Build and install from SVN instead. If you're using freebsd-update =
today, you essentially have 14.000 packages and a far less powerful CLI, =
so why is packaged base not a step in the right direction?

Erik=



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