Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2021 13:15:38 -0600 From: Kyle Evans <kevans@freebsd.org> To: Karel Gardas <gardask@gmail.com> Cc: Joseph Mingrone <jrm@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Call for Foundation-supported Project Ideas Message-ID: <CACNAnaH4GH_n8GVYN44op-VO7VZ5_GLP8SBj0SfoC5KoBSFDQw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CADqw_gKkii%2BBHk7_jPE0DV5ZdF86ydEq956WDtZOP1N9GBjAPw@mail.gmail.com> References: <861r36xzpe.fsf@phe.ftfl.ca> <61100a28-40ae-4458-d7d5-3bc9b13ba219@gmail.com> <CADqw_gKkii%2BBHk7_jPE0DV5ZdF86ydEq956WDtZOP1N9GBjAPw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 1:13 PM Michael Schuster <michaelsprivate@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Karel, > > On Wed, Dec 29, 2021, 19:32 Karel Gardas <gardask@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> On 11/23/21 11:41 PM, Joseph Mingrone wrote: >> > Hello FreeBSD community, >> > >> > The Foundation is seeking suggestions for new projects to support. What >> > gaps in the Project are not being addressed by the broader community? >> >> sorry for being late with those: >> >> 1) implement/port beadm equivalent from Solaris/IlumosOS? Make >> freebsd-update process more reversible by using proper boot environments >> and using ZFS snapshots. > > > All of these have been in FreeBSD for quite a while - can't give you dates or specifics (port vs "builtin"), but I've been using them since at least 13. > Specifically, bectl(8)[0] has been in and mostly usable since 12.0, and more recently freebsd-update will use it to create a boot environment if the system can cope with that (i.e.: `bectl check` is happy/convinced that it's currently booted into a BE layout that it recognizes). [0] https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bectl&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+13.0-RELEASE+and+Ports&arch=default&format=html
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