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Date:      Tue, 7 Apr 2026 06:40:57 +0000
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>
To:        Gleb Popov <arrowd@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Vladimir Druzenko <vvd@freebsd.org>, Charlie Li <vishwin@freebsd.org>, ports-committers <ports-committers@freebsd.org>, dev-commits-ports-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-main@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: git: ef9180aa8469 - main - science/py-scipy: update to 1.17.1
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In-Reply-To: <CALH631kW-KxA2t6cTu8JY7ztV8cR1b2qYtDhcnuJwMWup0cGHg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Apr 07, 2026 at 08:28:16AM +0200, Gleb Popov wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 7, 2026, 02:54 Vladimir Druzenko wrote:
> > 05.04.2026 00:54, Charlie Li пишет:
> > > ...
> > > This part is unspoken, but bears speaking and documenting somewhere
> > > better than bugzilla and mailing lists: building Python packages on a
> > > live environment, ie without environment separation like virtual
> > > environments or jails (poudriere included) is not supported, even if
> > > the ports framework makes it technically possible to try.
> > 
> > You just wrote that one of the main advantages of FreeBSD over other
> > operating systems "is not supported".
> 
> Building in an non-isolated environment is certainly not an advantage and
> even does not have anything to do with the OS.

It is a huge advantage and it *is* about the OS because FreeBSD is one of
the very few offering this out of the box.  It might not appeal to you
particularly, but many of us heavily depend on this great feature!

./danfe


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