From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 10 12:04:38 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C853252; Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:04:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bk0-f54.google.com (mail-bk0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E18E78FC08; Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:04:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-bk0-f54.google.com with SMTP id je9so1267779bkc.13 for ; Mon, 10 Dec 2012 04:04:36 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=QeRtPt9kSWX8Jjfg+VbTETNCzepUlIq+HZOHE/fj0ro=; b=CFMUlMaVaynid7pIB5tSCzQEP7Dsndfq/85DCzFfaPeK7cU9xng6xlwBcYMYf92W+r JtW06cpdwDFIIM7bSbijUFZEJhBsLiqVav589gsWP7i2DVautr96xuAkCOneYVm1zmjE 9vM8ZVbVmj/HqQrK90nHLqdqctXJAM0LilWWha8WC8azmBa9p7eoR/ZNJhkYa3SqBinL PruTtkq7WpiwkTMYbDH9ka+UGAitel+XvlmTwMDGYJqfnis8eP005Nie0FHg/Gxr/GmO NJcM5t6EW4w4s/LUqK+B58XvDlyEWjXXGT5FGTeNTm9LqYoPA2JbciDvB/FYuuiVDTQM gIJQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.205.120.3 with SMTP id fw3mr4356865bkc.40.1355141076655; Mon, 10 Dec 2012 04:04:36 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.204.167.71 with HTTP; Mon, 10 Dec 2012 04:04:36 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.204.167.71 with HTTP; Mon, 10 Dec 2012 04:04:36 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <50C5CE2D.3070004@freebsd.org> References: <50C5654D.1010709@FreeBSD.org> <50C5CE2D.3070004@freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:04:36 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: PKGNG overview, status and FAQ From: Chris Rees To: Rene Ladan Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:04:38 -0000 On 10 Dec 2012 11:57, "Ren=E9 Ladan" wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 10-12-2012 05:30, Bryan Drewery wrote: > > I've seen some confusion on what pkgng is and what the current status o= f > > it is, so I decided to writeup a small explanation. > [...] > > > > However, you can build your own packages and run your own repository > > using poudriere (ports-mgmt/poudriere) or tinderbox > > (ports-mgmt/tinderbox-devel); or just continue using ports. > > > Regarding tinderbox-devel: > 1. Is there an ETA for merging the pkgng functionality back to > tinderbox, or should I switch? > 2. Is there a way to quickly convert the existing old-style packages > built by the tinderbox, e.g. by (a modified version of) pkg2ng? Joe is working on releasing Tinderbox 4.0 from the current -HEAD; this supports pkgng and all other sorts of awesomeness. Chris