Packaging the FreeBSD base system with pkg(8)

[Joe Maloney]

Awesome.  Thanks for the update, and info Glen.  It looks like I will be 
subscribing to another list tonight!

Joe Maloney

On 01/27/16 16:33, Glen Barber wrote:
> As many know, work has been in progress for quite some time to provide
> the ability to package and upgrade the FreeBSD base system using pkg(8).
> The majority of the initial implementation has provided much of the core
> functionality to make this possible, however much work still needs to be
> done.
>
> Over the past few weeks, there have been several inquiries on if this
> work is still targeted for the 11.0-RELEASE, as well as the status of
> the project branch (base/projects/release-pkg).
>
> The answer to the first question is: Yes.  This is still targeted for
> 11.0-RELEASE, which was one of the requirements during discussion of the
> new support model announced early last year [1].
>
> The status of the in progress work is a bit more complex to answer in
> a short email, but work on packaging the FreeBSD base system is indeed
> ongoing, and has been my primary focus over the past several weeks.
>
> I am finishing an initial list of outstanding items that need to be
> resolved before the project branch can feasibly merged back to head,
> which I will send to the new freebsd-pkgbase@ mailing list.  People
> interested in discussion surrounding this topic are urged to subscribe:
>
>      https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-pkgbase
>
> Finally, I want to personally thank Baptiste Daroussin for all of his
> tireless efforts to get us to the point we are at now.  Without his
> ideas and insights, as well as ensuring pkg(8) contained the necessary
> functionality, we would not be anywhere close to completing this work
> for the 11.0-RELEASE.
>
> [1]
> https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-announce/2015-February/001624.html
>
> Thanks.
>
> Glen
>