Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:30:47 +0400 From: Boris Samorodov <bsam@passap.ru> To: Matthew Seaman <matthew@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removal of Portmanager Message-ID: <50F54BF7.8020401@passap.ru> In-Reply-To: <50F3C83D.7070209@freebsd.org> References: <20130112120748.61c8e103@gumby.homeunix.com> <50F187DC.2070804@FreeBSD.org> <20130113160213.6f10a863@gumby.homeunix.com> <CADLo839SnMTf7dj8zSbRTJz4gVYp_LfhP7ZNw8ywCpe5yLwXBQ@mail.gmail.com> <50F3C527.9070700@passap.ru> <50F3C83D.7070209@freebsd.org>
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14.01.2013 12:56, Matthew Seaman пишет: > On 14/01/2013 08:43, Boris Samorodov wrote: >> 13.01.2013 20:22, Chris Rees пишет: >> >>> Pkgng is also part of the ports tree nowadays, and portmanager must support >>> it. The old pkg_install suite will be removed soon. Portmanager needs fixing! >> >> That threaten me a bit. Will pkg_install be removed soon from all >> supported versions? >> > > pkg_tools are going to be around for at least the duration of > 8.3-RELEASE which comes out of support some time in April 2014 -- > see the road map here: > > https://wiki.freebsd.org/pkgng/CharterAndRoadMap#Road_Map > > However the plan is that pkgng should become the default packaging > system for all releases from now on. It's already the default in 10.x, > and at some point relatively soon it should become the default in > stable/8 and stable/9. (Delayed because of the current lack of package > building systems, inter-alia) OK, "relatively soon" in pair with "when server infrastructure is ready" is much better that just "soon". > All this means is that you will have to put stuff in /etc/make.conf in > order to use pkg_tools, rather than the situation now, where you have to > put stuff in /etc/make.conf in order to use pkgng. And not "will be removed" but "the default will be changed". What a relief! ;-) Thanks Matthew, and sorry Chris for me being so paranoid. -- WBR, Boris Samorodov (bsam) FreeBSD Committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve
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