Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:31:32 +0200 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> To: Doug Barton <dougb@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: <20120821183132.GJ5044@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> In-Reply-To: <5033D0C0.4030805@FreeBSD.org> References: <20120820194313.GC23607@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <20120821132643.GE37262@felucia.tataz.chchile.org> <20120821134623.GH5044@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <5033D0C0.4030805@FreeBSD.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 11:17:36AM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > 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 > > -- > > I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do > something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what > I can do. > -- Edward Everett Hale, (1822 - 1909) that is what I meant of course, sorry if I badly said it at first Bapt [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlAz1AQACgkQ8kTtMUmk6EyOSQCcCqNHoKOuooxpf2PVr62Dlz65 z14An1MF8LFu2wkrANjxZbP5DZyXvSEJ =UC3c -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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