Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2021 16:53:46 +0200 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> Cc: ports-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-main@freebsd.org Subject: Re: git: ec2764d5ec49 - main - Mk/bsd.port.mk: prepare the land for pkg 1.17 Message-ID: <20210721145346.ca3iwlkfwf7qmza7@aniel.nours.eu> In-Reply-To: <20210721145201.5jcynsooy4hva7ir@aniel.nours.eu> References: <202107211223.16LCNDjf070492@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <YPgxkAglZ2GRunni@FreeBSD.org> <20210721145201.5jcynsooy4hva7ir@aniel.nours.eu>
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On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 04:52:01PM +0200, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 02:39:12PM +0000, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 12:23:13PM +0000, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > > > commit ec2764d5ec4933f52cb0718663f60f1e1b1eed7f > > > > > > Mk/bsd.port.mk: prepare the land for pkg 1.17 > > > > > > in next version of pkg, we now use a uniq extension: '.pkg' > > > whatever the compression is > > > > What's the rationale behind this decision, if I may ask? Particularly, > > what problem does it solve? Those of us who use custom PKGSUFFIX=.tbz, > > for example, -- how hard would it be to keep existing setup or adjust? > > > > ./danfe > > TL;DR be able to switch compression format seamlessly for end users. > > Each time we had to change compression format, we have to modify plenty of tools > which either hardcode. We have added a new compression format recently zstd and > we want to be able to allow people to seamlessly switch to it. > > I plan to switch the default compression format for FreeBSD 14 and probably > FreeBSD 13 to zstd. > > Basically we want to have the compression format (gzip, bzip2, etc.) et archive format > (tar archive) an implementation detail (no changes are planned as of today about > the archive format don't worry about it :D). > > On the other end I would really want to know what is the rationale for using > .tbz in 2021 :D > > Best regards, > Bapt And because I have answered entirely your initial questions, you will still be able to set your own compression format as easily as you could before, don't worry about it. Best regards, Bapthome | help
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