Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 22:21:28 +0100 From: Chris Rees <crees@FreeBSD.org> To: Peter Jeremy <peter@rulingia.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Port system "problems" Message-ID: <CADLo83-MoA5Mdw5F9X1kRQfoamW_w2Svtxrgv7O76t3ARE1xSQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20120627191738.GA55796@server.rulingia.com> References: <4FE97008.2060501@netfence.it> <4FE97AE1.9080109@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4FE9817C.7020905@netfence.it> <4FE99200.7050107@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20120626130715.Horde.eb3fPtjz9kRP6ZfjA7sSFoA@webmail.df.eu> <4FE9AB85.3070106@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20120626162055.0b2bdb0d@gumby.homeunix.com> <CADLo83_8DU-qTxzHetjrWL-RWkJ4QwpUL9FBrzXkiQJTY1oqag@mail.gmail.com> <20120626205641.GD1651@aspire.rulingia.com> <CAOjFWZ4EzKfUGz-PZ2424ruq_z-qDbYAAN=1Cado4Pj72_m0kQ@mail.gmail.com> <20120627191738.GA55796@server.rulingia.com>
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On 27 June 2012 20:17, Peter Jeremy <peter@rulingia.com> wrote: > On 2012-Jun-26 14:41:32 -0700, Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> wrote: >>On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Peter Jeremy <peter@rulingia.com> wrote: >>> but I hope the ports build system will not >>> be thrown out as part of the pkgng migration. >> >>Where do you think packages would come from, if not built by the ports tr= ee? =A0;) > > As long as it's still available to users. =A0Presumably most > "packages-only" Linux distros have some sort of build mechanism as > well but it's not readily accessible by ordinary users. =A0I would hope > FreeBSD doesn't go down this path. So do many others. There aren't plans to get rid of the ports tree for users, but nearly all would be highly advised to use packages once we have a decent packaging system. Most of the issues with the ports tree that people have are building on unclean systems; sympathy for inability to build on heavily modified machines is going to become less common. Chris
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