From nobody Tue Feb 10 07:13:08 2026 X-Original-To: freebsd-pkgbase@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4f9CT86lHMz6Rbx3 for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2026 07:13:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from h4ckee@proton.me) Received: from mail-10697.protonmail.ch (mail-10697.protonmail.ch [79.135.106.97]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "protonmail.com", Issuer "R12" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4f9CT80JcHz3tVY; Tue, 10 Feb 2026 07:13:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from h4ckee@proton.me) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=proton.me; s=protonmail; t=1770707593; x=1770966793; bh=UM9rngMyXue2UIJqabvut2Q+NAkXMbgvS7PpVx1/DHU=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID: Message-ID:BIMI-Selector; b=Piwbu/XkSbYLyYAZSBA39by8w4TtY0dvc9S/wQzfyznmIX9mbigtqBR6nQPdyXAtA KU3oCKjtlPWa53k9oXJKtqdbJezKpknX8bV8a2wwXuh3fvB032U2qlyI6aMp+aAiB9 BtDnT2aU8cRIqnIGsJUWZJKa8dCM/TmKDikdJMKsJ7sCdbaxDQjx8tEWRVPbf3AxzU ouTIlQ7Wq9hzlPjd7GevqilWhcvN5RUJSe+c9Ru902ZDYQVHHTFuDKgErccLLcKj77 MpRTs97jVKTaTwHPSqnyGE48ziJW3aUXw/aW6hioLFGanPstt721iiS6rrj2GvDPD1 EpjuPXYv4suWQ== Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 07:13:08 +0000 To: Lexi Winter From: hackee Cc: freebsd-pkgbase@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreBSD pkgbase vs distsets. Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: Feedback-ID: 57180569:user:proton X-Pm-Message-ID: 9110c2f14eb89e54652541bc00915a3a29b53dd8 List-Id: Packaging the FreeBSD base system List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-pkgbase List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-pkgbase@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:62371, ipnet:79.135.106.0/24, country:CH] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4f9CT80JcHz3tVY X-Spamd-Bar: ---- Thanx for clarification, Then I believe that I should not have any special problems. Best regards. =D0=B2=D1=82=D0=BE=D1=80=D0=BD=D0=B8=D0=BA, 10 =D1=84=D0=B5=D0=B2=D1=80= =D0=B0=D0=BB=D1=8F 2026 =D0=B3., 1:16 =D0=94=D0=9F, Lexi Winter =D0=BD=D0=B0=D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=81=D0=B0=D0=BB: > hackee wrote in CRIyUTXuehXBE99lRe33_6IfZ5sZmIsIh9v1TOeBVHIXwSuoZ0522ZJUb= ZHSfnxcljiLFtruM-lnRY1CufB2szqP21hiGHvugZIBQxE2dzA=3D@proton.me: >=20 > > 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. >=20 >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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.