Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 07:13:08 +0000 From: hackee <h4ckee@proton.me> To: Lexi Winter <ivy@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-pkgbase@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreBSD pkgbase vs distsets. Message-ID: <FzzueP7EwX_u20weCTklJ06JuRdcUaK3b28rj8oNkBw63LiowNwVguOQihNfwqV9KJN0uP6-au1fIEuyc30yxhNwUMSJRvjCkKUZz4XGy6A=@proton.me> In-Reply-To: <aYqGehP0FAHO-NBk@amaryllis.le-fay.org> References: <CRIyUTXuehXBE99lRe33_6IfZ5sZmIsIh9v1TOeBVHIXwSuoZ0522ZJUbZHSfnxcljiLFtruM-lnRY1CufB2szqP21hiGHvugZIBQxE2dzA=@proton.me> <aYqGehP0FAHO-NBk@amaryllis.le-fay.org>
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Thanx for clarification, Then I believe that I should not have any special problems. Best regards. вторник, 10 февраля 2026 г., 1:16 ДП, Lexi Winter <ivy@freebsd.org> написал: > hackee wrote in CRIyUTXuehXBE99lRe33_6IfZ5sZmIsIh9v1TOeBVHIXwSuoZ0522ZJUbZHSfnxcljiLFtruM-lnRY1CufB2szqP21hiGHvugZIBQxE2dzA=@proton.me: > > > As far as I understand, FreeBSD 16 is planned to drop distsets support > > and move entirely to pkgbase. I am writing to ask you to reconsider > > this decision. > > > we aren't removing support for distsets in the build infrastructure. > we simply won't provide distsets on freebsd.org, and installing FreeBSD > via distsets will not be supported. however, you can continue to build > distsets for your own use. > > this will be supported on a "best effort" basis (i.e., if it breaks, > please send a patch) but several important downstream users including > CHERI still depend on this, so it shouldn't break too badly.home | help
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