Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2016 23:02:12 +0300 From: Slawa Olhovchenkov <slw@zxy.spb.ru> To: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>, lev@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-pkgbase@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [CFT] packaging the base system with pkg(8) Message-ID: <20160418200212.GA4841@zxy.spb.ru> In-Reply-To: <20160418194010.GX1554@FreeBSD.org> References: <20160302235429.GD75641@FreeBSD.org> <57152CE5.5050500@FreeBSD.org> <9D4B9C8B-41D7-42BC-B436-D23EFFF60261@ixsystems.com> <20160418191425.GW1554@FreeBSD.org> <571533B8.6090109@freebsd.org> <20160418194010.GX1554@FreeBSD.org>
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On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 07:40:10PM +0000, Glen Barber wrote: > On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 12:21:28PM -0700, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > > > > > > On 04/18/16 12:14, Glen Barber wrote: > > >On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 12:01:46PM -0700, Sean Fagan wrote: > > >>On Apr 18, 2016, at 11:52 AM, Lev Serebryakov <lev@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > >>>I understand, that maybe it is too late, but ARE YOU KIDDING?! 755 > > >>>packages?! WHY?! What are reasons and goals to split base in such > > >>>enormous number of packages? > > >>Just a guess, having done the same thing myself: it means that updates can be > > >>more targeted. > > >> > > >This is exactly the reason, which has been answered numerous times. > > > > > >Glen > > > > > > > That's a good reason -- and a very nice outcome of having base system > > packages -- but I worry that it may be going too far. The most granular > > updates would be if every file were its own package, which is obviously > > crazy, and so there is some middle ground. Needing to grab a whole new > > base.txz is probably too much (60 MB), but splitting that into even 6 or 7 > > pieces moves the updates to replacements with typical size (a few MB) that > > are no larger than typical package updates for ports. > > This granularity allows easy removal of things that may not be wanted > (such as *-debug*, *-profile*, etc.) on systems with little storage. On > one of my testing systems, I removed the tests packages and all debug > and profiling, and the number of base system packages is 383. Easy select from list of 1k items?! You kidding?
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