Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2016 15:15:52 +0300 From: Daniel Kalchev <daniel@digsys.bg> To: Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com> Cc: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca>, freebsd-pkgbase@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [CFT] packaging the base system with pkg(8) Message-ID: <68F587ED-6755-4E40-88B0-E90EAA79B0A4@digsys.bg> In-Reply-To: <201604190210.u3J2AHef003299@xt.digsys.bg> References: <20160302235429.GD75641@FreeBSD.org> <57152CE5.5050500@FreeBSD.org> <9D4B9C8B-41D7-42BC-B436-D23EFFF60261@ixsystems.com> <20160418191425.GW1554@FreeBSD.org> <571533B8.6090109@freebsd.org> <20160418194010.GX1554@FreeBSD.org> <57153E80.4080800@FreeBSD.org> <571551AB.4070203@freebsd.org> <5715772A.3070306@freebsd.org> <571588BB.2070803@orthanc.ca> <201604190210.u3J2AHef003299@xt.digsys.bg>
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> On 19.04.2016 =D0=B3., at 5:01, Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com> = wrote: >=20 > Honestly, some of us are wondering what exactly is > behind some of these concerns regarding base packages. >=20 Not taking a side on this discussion, yet=E2=80=A6 but the first thing = that occurred to me is that such way of packaging is traditional for the = Linux =E2=80=9Cdistributions=E2=80=9D. I could imagine people worrying = at subconscious level that FreeBSD is going the Linux way=E2=80=A6 and = that if they wanted such a model, they would be using Linux instead. = Today, people have more choice in packaging =E2=80=94 but if FreeBSD = goes the Linux way, someone else will fill the void =E2=80=94 so no = worries in general. I can see the support nightmare that a packaged base would bring, but as = always =E2=80=94 this is not enough to judge it. The benefits might be = worth it in the long run. I was a long time user of BSD/OS and then switched to FreeBSD when that = OS was killed. In BSD/OS everything was monolithic. It was rock stable. = Very dependable and very easy to support. My first few years with = FreeBSD were spent to get used that the OS was not just one piece, but = you could end up with different installs.. A bit more support efforts. = Not that I am complaining :) As long as packaged base is not mandatory, it is fine by me. Daniel=
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