From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 31 07:18:13 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 57192EB9 for ; Thu, 31 Oct 2013 07:18:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wg0-x22d.google.com (mail-wg0-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c00::22d]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E65D9254A for ; Thu, 31 Oct 2013 07:18:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f45.google.com with SMTP id z12so2339881wgg.12 for ; Thu, 31 Oct 2013 00:18:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=HlW62A5ROoO8vLvKz6IyTHoyJKSNwf/jqsUzn25/sX4=; b=w20aaak8ytaXyUskHZLgfq0DYWEJE7Qp+Zf3mq6zS++rtbb2Ts9NOoeJ7iOkmGSWOG d5ngKwG/mLzV0bbN3oww6XnjEqxgJ2swfj4EBsrxfBtrYUkve9SxicXUpMtSZ/W7nGGX JkuykCaXaQb+ktHK4MAffIHBgR60Thd1AfWFSoEyNY6DRWcRPGHVaZovNz4Am0L2mBtO PGyohMekPHBdyDWWOVU99tG5UzqsiI01nOBQsOv9x9T0UzfSFsVuuFiwKb4OxuDF4ga7 Kek79pCzgyql0S1yk8aIe54XEssPRGELt45tvF6wA0zEMZwCSaY58asGPfQkXthPiMxf 8lLw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.88.225 with SMTP id bj1mr1359390wjb.50.1383203891413; Thu, 31 Oct 2013 00:18:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.180.3.5 with HTTP; Thu, 31 Oct 2013 00:18:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.180.3.5 with HTTP; Thu, 31 Oct 2013 00:18:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <5271BC11.1010303@FreeBSD.org> <5271D5BA.9060004@networktest.com> Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 08:18:11 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Official FreeBSD Binary Packages now available for pkgng From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=EDa?= To: Olivier Nicole Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: User Questions 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 07:18:13 -0000 El 31/10/2013 05:31, "Olivier Nicole" escribi=F3: > > 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. They will. Ports are not going anywhere. But from now on, the package created as the last step in the port compilation (make) will be in pkg's format (much more flexible, and fast than the old pkg_* commands). > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"