From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 31 04:31:17 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50A42DA2 for ; Thu, 31 Oct 2013 04:31:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olivier2553@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wg0-x229.google.com (mail-wg0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c00::229]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 49A4F2DDB for ; Thu, 31 Oct 2013 04:31:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f41.google.com with SMTP id b13so6854084wgh.2 for ; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 21:31:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:cc:content-type; bh=MDOgGruSii1UFIEOuT5dl1tRU40rwxwSyl3CXlJ/Awk=; b=PysxsE78G54cQIR35VB3i4Zte9MnFdiBNiXNg2j6EKvHu+ID46s+590/0PCn26B3aE X811SsOPgchoPA1wMvwXR/j0sHidnsh5q9E+5tj37XU9tfQRL+dd7HMz1HSOby7Hx0qF +cCWQZI0Wz4UVIKKUR0cvnZ+IQtDP8NuzAnSROairAfPRHATzCYJXcUwK7BBcI1a0GTC riXxQMRICsduPcQO13upq0SXJB7VTRbU0E1WZZ0jQETnpWdWDxcqK3loJkmv1TXDbMg8 S9+QFCqxRSuLH8oQv50po0kPFWRiW5JKPin3e92lKFh0GxhfKu/9DfXTVZqWVP8V4A/E nSQQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.84.101 with SMTP id x5mr1444115wiy.58.1383193874164; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 21:31:14 -0700 (PDT) Sender: olivier2553@gmail.com Received: by 10.217.112.132 with HTTP; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 21:31:14 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <5271D5BA.9060004@networktest.com> References: <5271BC11.1010303@FreeBSD.org> <5271D5BA.9060004@networktest.com> Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 11:31:14 +0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: WLVIQ5ZFHq98n7KlNXmqL16FBpE Message-ID: Subject: Re: Official FreeBSD Binary Packages now available for pkgng From: Olivier Nicole Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 04:31:17 -0000 Hi, >> You can now either continue to use ports with portmaster/portupgrade, as >> before or switch to using binary packages only. I strongly expect that ports will remain a standard feature in the later releases of FreeBSD. Packages may be nice for the home/desktop user, but when it comes to production servers, one wants to be able to tweak what he is installing. FreeBSd is certainly my choice of an OS when I need to install a server, but if it ends up looking like Microsoft, I will have to reconsider. The cost of recompiling a port is way worth the flexibility it offers. Olivier