From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 10 08:19:57 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7605106564A for ; Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:19:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nino80@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pw0-f54.google.com (mail-pw0-f54.google.com [209.85.160.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD2648FC0A for ; Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:19:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pbcc3 with SMTP id c3so3625688pbc.13 for ; Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:19:57 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=1hI6xVGErA1v25FRG32DyYoLWs6EQ/Sm8/KMUoQn6Rw=; b=YzsCm7dPgiwrG3LFnesy1+tS6y/U008E5VBDYMj83bVqahT9Jj2N3I3fHidHfTjfR7 wvlWNsSWUyZuW7d07H3kAXfXwI4/2FYrwYQHAODbiDoFfC5gxOxU4VZ/XzBExrKxK56U c+rK/4Nf959Qq51/MrYvUS87lX/Z9H0byX5+0= Received: by 10.68.192.5 with SMTP id hc5mr48747662pbc.62.1326181914393; Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:51:54 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.143.4.18 with HTTP; Mon, 9 Jan 2012 23:51:33 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <07e401cccefb$364338b0$a2c9aa10$@fisglobal.com> From: n j Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:51:33 +0100 Message-ID: To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Re: ports vs packages X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:19:57 -0000 On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 8:36 PM, Alejandro Imass wrote: > On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Devin Teske wrote: >> Of course, this is explicit to rather serious production environments. Desktop and casual usage ... ports may serve you better if you like to stay up-to-date rather than only upgrading once every 1-2 years. > > We think the opposite. Serious production environments should use > specifically compiled ports for your needs and create packages from > those. In fact we combine this approach with the use of EzJail and > flavours. So I guess it all depends on the needs and what a serious > production environment means for each company or individual. I would tend to agree. For specific use cases, one is usually better off having complete control over the entire build/compile process i.e. using ports. However, for (IMHO) majority of users the default options are usually OK and using packages is highly desired. That is why I really look forward to improvements of (again IMHO) obsolete binary package format (pkg-*) and hope that either pkgng (http://wiki.freebsd.org/pkgng) or new PBI format in PC-BSD (http://wiki.pcbsd.org/index.php/PBI9_Format) will gain more traction in the community. Regards, -- Nino