Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 17:39:30 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: pkg@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 284054] ports-mgmt/pkg: Does not recognize .pkg as a valid suffix (triggered by portupgrade) Message-ID: <bug-284054-32340-MMldMDQTtn@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-284054-32340@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-284054-32340@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D284054 --- Comment #21 from Terry Kennedy <terry-freebsd@glaver.org> --- (In reply to Mark Millard from comment #18) I am expecting "don't surprise the users", particularly when it is unnecess= ary. If someone (for example, myself) installs a port mentioned in the Handbook = to manage ports on a new FreeBSD install (which would be 14.2 in this case), i= t is reasonable for them to expect the port to remain in the ports tree througho= ut the life of FreeBSD 14, unless either a) a security problem is found in the port, or b) the port no longer works with the evolving state of the FreeBSD ecosystem (for example, if pkg changes dramatically enough to break portupgrade). Note that I said "reasonable to expect". I don't want to get into an argu= ment about what is or is not a policy that the average (but informed) user is unaware of. By your logic, the entire ports system could be abandoned becau= se it is "not part of any FreeBSD release" (notwithstanding the fact that installing the ports tree is one of the options provided by the FreeBSD installer). I've submitted a patch to portupgrade, and made some suggestions for deprecation of portupgrade in comment 19. That will sync the port with the handbook and set expectations as to when the port will actually be removed (which I hope would be past the EoL of FreeBSD 14, otherwise "don't surprise the users" isn't going to apply). --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=
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