Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 13:36:02 -0700 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [CFT] packaging the base system with pkg(8) Message-ID: <571696B2.3070100@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <76177.1461097581@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <E1asbZj-0003Ra-Qs@rmm6prod02.runbox.com> <76093.1461096570@critter.freebsd.dk> <1461096962.1232.32.camel@freebsd.org> <76177.1461097581@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On 04/19/16 13:26, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > -------- > In message <1461096962.1232.32.camel@freebsd.org>, Ian Lepore writes: > >> Oh yeah, now I remember: Because in freebsd, design is decided by a >> race to commit rather than by discussion. > No, that's not it. > > It is because code talks much louder than words. > This is kind of a silly argument here since the code change is trivial. There is a potentially large impact on the system that merits discussion. Moreover, there is a whole bunch of other code still needs to be written to make this workable in production that depends to some degree on what choices are made here: what does pkg show for these? How do upgrades work? The installer needs modifications to use pkg instead of tar. It's not clear what the migration path to/from a packaged system is, since the packaging is apparently optional. If it would help, I am happy to generate a patch to make the discussion concrete. -Nathan
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