Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 11:37:18 +0100 From: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: reason 23 why we've moved to linux Message-ID: <532EB95E.3010902@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <532E283D.8010204@FreeBSD.org> References: <m2iorb1ms8.wl%randy@psg.com> <53287821.4040209@freebsd.org> <m2ha6v1m4z.wl%randy@psg.com> <5328A03A.3000305@freebsd.org> <m261n6rtkf.wl%randy@psg.com> <532DD2EB.1080204@freebsd.org> <m238iart92.wl%randy@psg.com> <532DD64B.9000905@freebsd.org> <m2zjkiqds8.wl%randy@psg.com> <532DD978.3010502@freebsd.org> <m2y502qda9.wl%randy@psg.com> <532DDC51.7030807@freebsd.org> <m2wqfmqc4c.wl%randy@psg.com> <CA%2BE3k92uJcuxqeDS0yyeGhWLKzvA_0u7tO0xwt9cGUfXp3GZEA@mail.gmail.com> <532E283D.8010204@FreeBSD.org>
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Am 23.03.2014 01:18, schrieb Matthew Seaman: > PACKAGESITE support in pkg.conf has been dropped entirely in 1.3 which > is in alpha at the moment. I need to double check, but that should mean > those error messages will go away too. To be blunt, anyone who wants to use FreeBSD for production does not give a shit on pkg alpha versions, he expects pkg 1.0.0 or 1.0.1 at the latest to cover 99% right. I still foster that feeling that we are rushing and forcing ports changes, including pkgNG transition, at a hilarious pace, and even if portmgr states that -exp runs do happen for most changes, -exp runs will not capture real-world systems that need to make several transitions (pkgNG, USES=... transition of the day, Perl version of the day, Python wrapper of the day, c++ lib of the version) at once. And the lack of compatibility I've seen so far is frightening. Most people no longer test ports on pre-pkgNG systems because that's deprecated. But it needs to work fine until the day after expiration.
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