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Date:      Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:23:07 +0400
From:      Dmitry Sarkisov <ait_mlist@rocc.ru>
To:        n j <nino80@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ports vs packages
Message-ID:  <20120110092307.GA87677@aperturescience.org>
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On 10-01-2012, Tue [08:51:33], n j wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 8:36 PM, Alejandro Imass <ait@p2ee.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com> wrote:
> >> Of course, this is explicit to rather serious production environments. Desktop and casual usage ... ports may serve you better if you like to stay up-to-date rather than only upgrading once every 1-2 years.
> >
> > We think the opposite. Serious production environments should use
> > specifically compiled ports for your needs and create packages from
> > those. In fact we combine this approach with the use of EzJail and
> > flavours. So I guess it all depends on the needs and what a serious
> > production environment means for each company or individual.
> 
> I would tend to agree. For specific use cases, one is usually better
> off having complete control over the entire build/compile process i.e.
> using ports.
> 
> However, for (IMHO) majority of users the default options are usually
> OK and using packages is highly desired. That is why I really look
> forward to improvements of (again IMHO) obsolete binary package format
> (pkg-*) and hope that either pkgng (http://wiki.freebsd.org/pkgng) or
> new PBI format in PC-BSD (http://wiki.pcbsd.org/index.php/PBI9_Format)
> will gain more traction in the community.
> 
> Regards,
> -- 
> Nino


Would be nice to know if there any plans on switching to pkgng or any other pkg management 
system in a future.


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Dmitry Sarkisov
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