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Date:      Sat, 28 Mar 2026 15:32:39 -0700
From:      Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>
To:        hackers@freebsd.org, pkgbase@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: more pkgbase reviewers required
Message-ID:  <CAJ-Vmok=NVa7oZDzLawZRYs0MYz=Jo11O-48OM0D073d68QCWw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <acPbI7THuJb5h4pp@amaryllis.le-fay.org>

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hi,

I've added myself to pkgbase. I'm using it now on like a dozen random
devices here ranging from a test laptop, a bunch of VMs, ppc64/ppc64le
bare metal and my little router/gateway test bed rack.

Thanks,



-adrian

On Wed, 25 Mar 2026 at 05:55, Lexi Winter <ivy@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> hello,
>
> at this point, it's extremely difficult to get any pkgbase-related
> changes reviewed in Phabricator, which is an issue since we're now
> pushing pkgbase as the default method for installing the system.
>
> if you have some spare time to help with this, please consider adding
> yourself to the #pkgbase project on Phabricator and helping with some
> outstanding reviews.
>
> some examples of typical pkgbase reviews (some of which are now reviewed
> since i complained about this elsewhere):
>
> https://reviews.freebsd.org/D55645
> https://reviews.freebsd.org/D55630
> https://reviews.freebsd.org/D54542
> https://reviews.freebsd.org/D54540
> https://reviews.freebsd.org/D54282
>
> i appreciate that this sort of install/upgrade stuff is boring and
> not sexy, but it is important to users, and it's difficult to find
> any motivation to contribute to the project when no one else seems
> to care.


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