On 02.06.2013 18:41, John Marino wrote:
On 6/2/2013 16:24, Andrey N. Oktyabrski wrote:
On 02.06.2013 16:32, John Marino wrote:
I think it will be too much revolutions. Drop i386, drop pkgsrc
Nobody said anything about dropping pkgsrc.
Hope for it.
what next? Drop dfly and use freebsd? Please do not make hasty
decisions :-)
A bit snarky, don't you think?
May be...
3. Many users compile their packages with options. Some packages require
accepting license.
Theoretically only the custom-option packages need rebuilding --
building all from source is a waste.
On the other hand much easier to run pkg_rolling-replace than building
some packages from sources and update others from binary packages one by
one.
4. You do not do regular bulk builds. So if I want recent package, I
must refresh pkgsrc tree from anoncvs.netbsd.org and build it from
sources.
pkgsrc branches should be regularly rebuilt, however we are not talking
about many packages that get pulled up after branching though. If you
are talking about "refreshing pkgsrc tree" then that implies building
from master branch which is NOT the recommended approach.
NO. There is a regular updates in quarterly branches. Such as security
fixes.
I think this criticism *is* valid as previously pkgsrc builds were not
updated frequently, but it shouldn't cause everyone to build from source.
But habits... :-)
