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Date:      Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:46:23 +0200
From:      Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>
To:        ports@FreeBSD.org, current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: pkgng 1.0 release schedule, and HEAD switch to pkgng by default schedule
Message-ID:  <20120821134623.GH5044@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net>
In-Reply-To: <20120821132643.GE37262@felucia.tataz.chchile.org>
References:  <20120820194313.GC23607@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <20120821132643.GE37262@felucia.tataz.chchile.org>

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On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 03:26:43PM +0200, Jeremie Le Hen wrote:
> Hi Baptise,
>=20
> On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 09:43:13PM +0200, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
> >=20
> > Since 1.0-rc6 release, everything looks ready for a final release of 1.=
0, I'll
> > give more details on the release commit bit :) this is planned for 30th=
 august
> > 2012.
> >=20
> > Current was supposed to switch to pkgng by default today, it has been d=
elayed
> > until the nvidia-driver is fixed with pkgng. Thanksfully kwm@ and danfe=
@ has
> > been working on this, and the situation should be fixed pretty soon.
> >=20
> > Please continue testing pkgng and reporting bugs, if you are new comers=
 do not
> > hesitate to ask question about pkgng so that we can improve documentati=
on:
> >=20
> > The usual links about pkgng:
> >   - http://wiki.freebsd.org/pkgng
> >   - http://wiki.freebsd.org/PkgPrimer
> >   - https://github.com/pkgng/pkgng/blob/master/FAQ.md
> >   - http://people.freebsd.org/~bapt/pres-pkgng-bsdcan.pdf
> >   - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D4Hxq7AHZ27I
>=20
> First thank you and all who have worked to make this first release of
> pkgng.  This is a great milestone in FreeBSD history.
>=20
> Supposedly, pkgng will stay opt-in for RELENG_9 and will be the default
> (opt-out?) on RELENG_10.  During the upgrade from the old branch to the
> new one, how do we ensure users will perform the required step
> (basically, run pkg2ng) to switch their pkg database to pkgng?  Will it
> be a note in src/UPDATING and as well in the release notes?
>=20

Yes there will be a note in UPDATING, I'm also pondering modifying pkg_* to=
ols
to that they show up an advetisement about pkg_install being deprecated.

I would also like to just remove pkg_* tools from RELENG_10 if that fits the
schedule.

regards,
Bapt

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