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Date:      Sat, 10 Aug 2024 08:56:33 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
To:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
Cc:        Alan Somers <asomers@FreeBSD.org>, FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: A Demo of rust-in-base
Message-ID:  <202408101556.47AFuXJm065669@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
In-Reply-To: <202408041904.474J4b9e050871@critter.freebsd.dk>

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> --------
> Alan Somers writes:
> > On Sun, Aug 4, 2024 at 12:20=E2=80=AFPM Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.=
> > dk> wrote:
> 
> > > How is that different from any other dependency management in ports ?
> >
> > Because those two components need to be updated in lock-step with
> > potentially any git commit to the base system.  Not just official
> > releases, even minor ones.
> 
> I'm not trying to be glib here: I really want to make sure I understand
> any fine nuances you are trying to communicate.
> 
> Isn't that precisely what drm-kmod already deals with ?

That may be a bad sample, as IIRC, that code is moving back into
base because it was found to be "too much of a headache" to maintain
externally as a port.  Or at least I recall such a discussion occuring.

> Poul-Henning Kamp       | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
> phk@FreeBSD.ORG         | TCP/IP since RFC 956
-- 
Rod Grimes                                                 rgrimes@freebsd.org



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