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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