Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 21:52:03 +0200 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> To: Chris Nehren <apeiron+freebsd-stable@isuckatdomains.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: pkgng (Was: Why Are You NOT Using FreeBSD ?) Message-ID: <20120622195202.GG83730@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> In-Reply-To: <20120601200953.GH15877@isuckatdomains.members.linode.com> References: <201206011857.q51IvqN3049343@office.dignus.com> <4FC91CFE.3090009@shatow.net> <20120601200953.GH15877@isuckatdomains.members.linode.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 04:09:53PM -0400, Chris Nehren wrote: > On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 14:50:22 -0500 , Bryan Drewery wrote: > > FWIW, there is freebsd-update(8) now for binary updating of base, and > > pkgng[1] will allow binary upgrading of packages/ports similar to apt-get. > > > > [1] http://wiki.freebsd.org/pkgng > > The thing that really has me attracted to pkgng is that it's based on a > C library with a public API that developers can use / abuse. It's not > (AFAIK) officially released yet, but some early work I've been doing > with it has shown it to be useful enough. > > -- > Thanks and best regards, > Chris Nehren > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Do not hesitate to propose patches or bring feedback on how we can improve the situation with library. The API is public but will only be consider as stable before 2.0, because it can be greatly improved and we hope to have reviews and feedback and cleanup before marking it stable. regards, Bapt [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk/kzOIACgkQ8kTtMUmk6EwwDACffge2F9zmONEDIX0Blw+uqcvM NeEAn3g+PeHz1PTzSAC979jQRFj3V6so =Evsq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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