Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:38:47 -0600 From: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> To: n j <nino80@gmail.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [HEADSUP][CFT] pkgng beta1 is out Message-ID: <20120131083847.GA4462@lonesome.com> In-Reply-To: <CALf6cgaxMxd2A-=Hr3L%2BQrwa7816FPO9edHhw0=urYRiXr0UzA@mail.gmail.com> References: <20120130123930.GB40244@azathoth.lan> <4F278720.5020405@freebsd.org> <20120131062310.GF40244@azathoth.lan> <CALf6cgaxMxd2A-=Hr3L%2BQrwa7816FPO9edHhw0=urYRiXr0UzA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 08:39:30AM +0100, n j wrote: > This question is probably not related to this announcement, but I > wonder if this change (pkg_* --> pkgng) will result in increased > number of available binary packages in the repositories Absolute number, no. Speed of availability, possibly. The main determinant of the latter has been processor horsepower available to us. This was greatly increased in 2011 due to both hardware donations, and hardware purchases by the FreeBSD Foundation. I am hopeful that 2012 will finally show the fruits of the work that was done in 2011. mcl
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