Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 11:47:36 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> To: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkgng 1.0 release schedule, and HEAD switch to pkgng by default schedule Message-ID: <CAGH67wS3jGTh-=b4X%2Bto9B67=_wpfHVqTNVYK-WZ-yVNz7gepQ@mail.gmail.com> 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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On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 11:17 AM, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> 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? ... > 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 It already exists -- it's just out of date / crufty: $ make describe pkg_install-20090902|/usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg_install|/usr/local|FreeBSD -STABLE version of the package tools|/usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg_install/pkg-descr|portmgr@FreeBSD.org|ports-mgmt||||||http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/ > 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. Agreed. Thanks, -Garrett
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