Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2025 15:59:22 +0000 From: Lexi Winter <ivy@freebsd.org> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Clarification on future support for FreeBSD distribution sets Message-ID: <aThHWrbdDQc0VrOz@amaryllis.le-fay.org> In-Reply-To: <20251207091150.12eaa037203456f80c33255e@gmail.com> References: <20251207091150.12eaa037203456f80c33255e@gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Sad Clouds wrote in <20251207091150.12eaa037203456f80c33255e@gmail.com>: > "Support for distribution sets is planned for removal in FreeBSD 16, but > will continue (along with freebsd-update support) for the lifetime of > the FreeBSD 15 stable branch." > > If the above refers to deprecating freebsd-update and removing > distribution sets from bsdinstall(8) then this sounds reasonable. > > On the other hand, if the above also refers to removing support for > distribution sets from all Makefiles then this is not very good. we will not remove support for building media with distribution sets from the release Makefiles, because downstream users (e.g., CHERI) haven't switched to pkgbase yet and still need dist set support. what will change in 16 is that we will no longer provide dist sets for download or on the installer media; the only supported method to install the system will be with pkgbase. for users who prefer to update using make installworld, there will be a way to depkgbasify the system during installation. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEABYKAB0WIQSyjTg96lp3RifySyn1nT63mIK/YAUCaThHVwAKCRD1nT63mIK/ YDyHAP9C3iPLFVdglBO2C9eu1qIqP5xDTmbY4Yhtx8zSnu4O6QD/dLY8o2u+/jKh AHH4ppWBp0Umvm2DrlS1luaPpGgCVww= =AbCz -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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