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Date:      Sun, 28 Apr 2019 21:29:37 -0400
From:      Charles Sprickman <spork@bway.net>
To:        Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>
Cc:        kris@ixsystems.com, FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: CFT: FreeBSD Package Base
Message-ID:  <34C3A77A-7B18-487E-9BC4-5B1087FEEBEA@bway.net>
In-Reply-To: <15583041-1D56-44BE-8E88-ECC11C935A09@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>
References:  <002901d4fdfb$e52eb890$af8c29b0$@ixsystems.com> <15583041-1D56-44BE-8E88-ECC11C935A09@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>

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> On Apr 28, 2019, at 6:21 PM, Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> =
wrote:
>=20
> On Apr 28, 2019, at 3:52 PM, <kris@ixsystems.com> <kris@ixsystems.com> =
wrote:
>=20
>> FreeBSD Community,
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>> I'm pleased to announce a CFT for builds of FreeBSD 12-stable and =
13-current
>> using "TrueOS-inspired" packaged base. These are stock FreeBSD images =
which
>> will allow users to perform all updating via the 'pkg' command =
directly.
>> Rather than trying to answer all questions in this announcement, =
we've
>> created a FAQ page with more details. Please refer to this page, and =
let us
>> know if you have additional questions that we can include on that =
page going
>> forward.
>=20
>=20
> I currently keep my FreeBSD/arm and FreeBSD/arm64 systems up to date =
via PkgBase in FreeBSD 12.  It works well for me (crossbuilding and =
hosting the PkgBase repository on a FreeBSD/amd64 system).
>=20
> What is the difference between the above CFT-created PkgBase and one =
created via "make packages" using the native build system =
(https://wiki.freebsd.org/PkgBase)?  Looking at the FAQ you linked =
(https://trueos.github.io/pkgbase-docs/), it seems the above CFT system =
is less granular than the one currently produced via the in-tree "make =
packages" (which could be a good thing from a simplicity standpoint).  =
Is there anything else?
>=20
> Is the above CFT-produced packages the system that will ultimately =
become the way packaged base is produced in FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE, or is =
it just an alternative you want people to try out and evaluate?  I guess =
I'm not clear what "TrueOS-inspired" packaged base means. :-)

What are the plans to get rid of the hellscape known as =
=E2=80=9Cmergemaster=E2=80=9D?  Is there anything exciting and new there =
either in base or any of the ixSystems projects?

Thanks,

Charles

>=20
> Cheers,
>=20
> Paul.
>=20
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