Re: avoiding wayland and pkgbase

On Mon, Aug 18, 2025 at 04:38:05PM +0100, Lexi Winter wrote:
>void:
>> Will we, after pkgbase becomes the default, still be able to build
>> world from downloaded sources?
>
>building world from source is required to create the pkgbase packages in
>the first place, so yes, but i suspect what you mean is will you be able
>to upgrade the system using installkernel/installworld without having to
>build packages and upgrade using pkg, in which case yes, nothing will
>change about that process in 15.0.

OK, thanks for confirming. I hope the buildworld/installworld process
(doesn't involve pkg) *never* goes away. Not for *any* freebsd version.
At the moment, one can build and install RELENG, not just -stable or current.
I should have given examples of why I think this way in my initial post, sorry. 
To explain why, here are some reasons:

1. a problem happens with a thing in base. It might affect just my
    less common use case. A helpful and clueful person makes a patch.
    I can apply and install it and not have to reboot if it's userland.
    Useful if one is running essential external services and downtime
    needs to be planned.

2. When building a system, it helps to build what is required and no more.
    This decreases the attack surface of the installation somewhat.
    Subsequent builds against the same src.conf enforce this configuration.

The above two points make freebsd as OS very versatile IMO.

3. Sometimes pkg breaks. I've not yet seen 'make' break.

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