Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 11:17:36 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: pkgng 1.0 release schedule, and HEAD switch to pkgng by default schedule Message-ID: <5033D0C0.4030805@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20120821134623.GH5044@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> References: <20120820194313.GC23607@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <20120821132643.GE37262@felucia.tataz.chchile.org> <20120821134623.GH5044@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net>
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On 8/21/2012 6:46 AM, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
> I would also like to just remove pkg_* tools from RELENG_10 if that fits the
> schedule.
Um, no?
Until pkg becomes mandatory (which can't happen for several years) the
pkg_* tools can't be removed altogether.
What _would_ be useful is what should have been done many years ago when
it was first suggested: Move the pkg_* tools to ports.
It's too late for 9.1 already, but if you made that change today in
HEAD, and after 9.1 (but before 8.4) you MFC it to stable/[89], then you
could theoretically make pkg mandatory after 9.1 EOLs.
To make my point more clear, the ports tree has to support the last
release to ship with pkg_* tools in the base throughout its lifetime. To
do anything else would be be a massive POLA violation.
Doug
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I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do
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I can do.
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