From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Mon Apr 18 19:01:53 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D675B1344A for ; Mon, 18 Apr 2016 19:01:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sef@ixsystems.com) Received: from barracuda.ixsystems.com (barracuda.ixsystems.com [12.229.62.30]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.ixsystems.com", Issuer "Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1AFB416EA for ; Mon, 18 Apr 2016 19:01:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sef@ixsystems.com) X-ASG-Debug-ID: 1461006108-08ca0417883f8c10001-XDYc8F Received: from zimbra.ixsystems.com ([10.246.0.20]) by barracuda.ixsystems.com with ESMTP id fTa4d3mI6bDuB07Z (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 18 Apr 2016 12:01:48 -0700 (PDT) X-Barracuda-Envelope-From: sef@ixsystems.com X-Barracuda-RBL-Trusted-Forwarder: 10.246.0.20 X-ASG-Whitelist: Client Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zimbra.ixsystems.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8A38C40551; Mon, 18 Apr 2016 12:01:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zimbra.ixsystems.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.ixsystems.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10032) with ESMTP id 3PZ_izt4-_rB; Mon, 18 Apr 2016 12:01:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zimbra.ixsystems.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E538DC40560; Mon, 18 Apr 2016 12:01:47 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ixsystems.com Received: from zimbra.ixsystems.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.ixsystems.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id AkRJTASP39-w; Mon, 18 Apr 2016 12:01:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.250.1.40] (unknown [10.250.1.40]) by zimbra.ixsystems.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B31B1C404DD; Mon, 18 Apr 2016 12:01:47 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.3 \(3124\)) Subject: Re: [CFT] packaging the base system with pkg(8) From: Sean Fagan X-ASG-Orig-Subj: Re: [CFT] packaging the base system with pkg(8) In-Reply-To: <57152CE5.5050500@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2016 12:01:46 -0700 Cc: Glen Barber , freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-pkgbase@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <9D4B9C8B-41D7-42BC-B436-D23EFFF60261@ixsystems.com> References: <20160302235429.GD75641@FreeBSD.org> <57152CE5.5050500@FreeBSD.org> To: lev@FreeBSD.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3124) X-Barracuda-Connect: UNKNOWN[10.246.0.20] X-Barracuda-Start-Time: 1461006108 X-Barracuda-Encrypted: ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 X-Barracuda-URL: https://10.246.0.26:443/cgi-mod/mark.cgi X-Virus-Scanned: by bsmtpd at ixsystems.com X-Barracuda-BRTS-Status: 1 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 18 Apr 2016 19:17:39 +0000 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2016 19:01:53 -0000 On Apr 18, 2016, at 11:52 AM, Lev Serebryakov wrote: >=20 > I understand, that maybe it is too late, but ARE YOU KIDDING?! 755 > packages?! WHY?! What are reasons and goals to split base in such > enormous number of packages? Just a guess, having done the same thing myself: it means that updates = can be more targeted. Sean.