From owner-freebsd-pkgbase@freebsd.org Thu May 19 22:03:46 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-pkgbase@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6F12B42926 for ; Thu, 19 May 2016 22:03:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from grembo@freebsd.org) Received: from mail.grem.de (outcast.grem.de [213.239.217.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 167BB1F68 for ; Thu, 19 May 2016 22:03:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from grembo@freebsd.org) Received: (qmail 26077 invoked by uid 89); 19 May 2016 22:03:37 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?100.70.75.202?) (mg@grem.de@90.186.0.14) by mail.grem.de with ESMTPA; 19 May 2016 22:03:37 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Subject: Re: Followup on packaging base with pkg(8) From: Michael Gmelin X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (13F69) In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 00:03:33 +0200 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-pkgbase@freebsd.org, re@freebsd.org, secteam@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <20160519203126.GO3335@FreeBSD.org> To: Glen Barber X-BeenThere: freebsd-pkgbase@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: "Packaging the FreeBSD base system." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 May 2016 22:03:46 -0000 > On 19 May 2016, at 23:29, jungle Boogie wrote: >=20 >> On 19 May 2016 at 13:31, Glen Barber wrote: >> Given the state of this highly-disruptive change to the base system, we >> need to take the best interest of the FreeBSD community into primary >> consideration, as a whole. >>=20 >> We have arrived at the difficult decision to treat packaged base as >> a "beta" feature for 11.0-RELEASE, and continue with freebsd-update(8) >> as the primary binary upgrade mechanism for this release. >=20 >=20 > This is a very sensible solution. > I think we can all agree we'd rather have something known to work over > an unknown, lightly tested highly friction change. >=20 > Keep up the great work and rest easier knowing pkg will be a beta thing. := ) >=20 Same here, thank you so much for your hard work on something that will be a b= ig step forward and also for being realistic enough to not forcing things be= fore they're ready! - Michael