/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf is meant to be read only

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From: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:18:08 UTC

Two files are reportedly meant to be read-only when edition begins in 
(for example) nano:

/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf

/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD-base.conf


I understand that FreeBSD-base.conf may be deprecated in due course, but 
for
/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf

- is it strange to discourage writing whilst comments in 
/etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf
                     encourage writing?

A contradiction.