On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 11:17 AM, Doug Barton <do...@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 8/21/2012 6:46 AM, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: >> I would also like to just remove pkg_* tools from RELENG_10 if that fits the >> schedule. > > Um, no?
... > What _would_ be useful is what should have been done many years ago when > it was first suggested: Move the pkg_* tools to ports. It already exists -- it's just out of date / crufty: $ make describe pkg_install-20090902|/usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg_install|/usr/local|FreeBSD -STABLE version of the package tools|/usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg_install/pkg-descr|port...@freebsd.org|ports-mgmt||||||http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/ > It's too late for 9.1 already, but if you made that change today in > HEAD, and after 9.1 (but before 8.4) you MFC it to stable/[89], then you > could theoretically make pkg mandatory after 9.1 EOLs. > > To make my point more clear, the ports tree has to support the last > release to ship with pkg_* tools in the base throughout its lifetime. To > do anything else would be be a massive POLA violation. Agreed. Thanks, -Garrett _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
