Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 03:46:30 +0000 (UTC) From: Brad Davis <brd@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r46572 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201504170346.t3H3kUhn094212@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: brd Date: Fri Apr 17 03:46:29 2015 New Revision: 46572 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/46572 Log: Add the pkg(8) report from bapt Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-01-2015-03.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-01-2015-03.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-01-2015-03.xml Fri Apr 17 02:36:42 2015 (r46571) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-01-2015-03.xml Fri Apr 17 03:46:29 2015 (r46572) @@ -2548,4 +2548,92 @@ WITHOUT_FORTH=y</pre> </task> </help> </project> + + <project cat="proj"> + <title>pkg</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>Baptiste</given> + <common>Daroussin</common> + </name> + + <email>bapt@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + <person> + <name> + <given>Vsevolod</given> + <common>Stakhov</common> + </name> + + <email>az@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + <person> + <name> + <given>Andrej</given> + <common>Zverev</common> + </name> + + <email>as@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="https://github.com/freebsd/pkg">pkg's Github Repo</url> + <url href="https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-pkg">The pkg Mailing List</url> + + </links> + + <body> + <p>Lots of work has been done on the pkg(8) front, that brought + pkg(8) to the 1.5.0 release.</p> + + <p>Special attention has been spent on the test suite, the + number of tests went from around 20 to more than 70. Mostly + functional tests. Each test can in fact test many different + features.</p> + + <p>One of the main highlights is initial support for + provides/requires has been implemented, while it is still + simple, it is good enough to allow fixing lot of situation when + dealing with php related ports: able to safely upgrade from one + major version to another. This allows for the pecl/pear + packages to be reinstalled each time a minor php upgrade is + done.</p> + + <p>Some pkg internals have been reworked to allow cross installation + of packages without the need for chroot(2) or jail(2) calls.</p> + + <p>The plist and keyword parser have been improved to keep simplifying + creating new ports:</p> + <ul> + <li>Keywords can now have arguments</li> + <li>Lazy mode available for setting credentials via the + plist</li> + <li>Flags (immutable and others) can now be specified in + plist</li> + </ul> + + <p>pkg now support fetch resume for http/ftp</p> + </body> + + <help> + <task> + <p>Populate the ports tree with provides/requires</p> + </task> + + <task> + <p>Make all script in ports cross installation friendly</p> + </task> + + <task> + <p>Improve provides/requires</p> + </task> + + <task> + <p>Continue adding more tests</p> + </task> + </help> + </project> </report>
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