Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 15:52:53 -0700 From: Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> To: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: pkg 1.3.X changed behaviour with pkg -fR xxx Message-ID: <CAOjFWZ6e4CM4wfryi9p9M8-7pdqpfxtuc=srdG0jaSPW%2BZe3yA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1ssGEJVKj9qNoHtx3BM-GXttYuJAYSfV2HgD7FVdVUwOA@mail.gmail.com> References: <1406677532.1545.6.camel@lenovo.toontown> <20140730054718.GD37672@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <CAN6yY1u3QR1g7PC=-K=4Q2N2OZALuYgDg3RgKWDyd60bfaUxwg@mail.gmail.com> <1764FA9A-2B4B-4829-B669-DAFB3584C167@freebsd.org> <CAN6yY1u7DB=AiWY9d%2B4zS_iyT8PaBpD6UQWSFs5hnQLekHQEJw@mail.gmail.com> <CAETOPp1rcKLTk2zrhdxsRVMXq5ccuSecx48v%2B79uurGCGge7fw@mail.gmail.com> <CAN6yY1ssGEJVKj9qNoHtx3BM-GXttYuJAYSfV2HgD7FVdVUwOA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 3:37 PM, Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 3:29 PM, Jos Backus <jos@catnook.com> wrote: > > My impression was that pkg is supposed to be cross-platform and portabl= e, > > hence not FreeBSD-specific. > > Jos > > I have seen nothing indicating that. It's certainly not going to work wit= h > any Linux distro. It might be applicable to other BSDs, especially > DragonFly, but I still believe that FreeBSD bugs belong in the FreeBSD bu= g > system. Normally, when maintainers want to dent reports upstream to the > port developers, it is up to them to do so. So the ports management team > would be responsible for forwarding bugs to the github system if they thi= nk > it is appropriate. > > =E2=80=8Bpkg is the default package manager on DragonflyBSD now. Their d= ports setup switched over to it officially a release or two ago. I believe they're even using poudriere to build their packages. However, I agree that pkg bugs on FreeBSD should be added to the FreeBSD bug tracker. At the very least, a FreeBSD PR needs to be entered with the bug number from the pkg bug tracker. There needs to be a FreeBSD-specific papertrail for bugs on FreeBSD.=E2=80=8B --=20 Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com
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