Re: more pkgbase reviewers required

list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com wrote in <3ccd3452-db13-63cb-5817-cf52695e064c@bluerosetech.com>:
> On 2026-03-27 11:40, Brad Davis wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 27, 2026, at 6:12 AM, Lexi Winter wrote:
> > > list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com wrote in
> > > <5990d939-a3a0-403b-e419-949043559c0f@bluerosetech.com>:
> > > > What is the current state of FreeBSD dogfooding pkgbase?
> > > 
> > > as far as i'm aware, no cluster machines are currently using pkgbase.
> > 
> > It is being slowly deployed within the cluster.
> 
> That's good news.  Features like pkgbase are a non-starter otherwise.

as far as i'm aware, the cluster doesn't use freebsd-update either,
but that didn't make freebsd-update a non-starter - it's been the
only supported binary update mechanism for years.

so it's hard to see why the cluster needs to use pkgbase in order
for pkgbase to be viable.

the cluster has very specific needs (they even have cluster-specific
build options in src) which are different from the majority of FreeBSD
users that pkgbase is aimed at.  of course, i would *like* the cluster
to use pkgbase, because it's a lot more flexible (and easier to deploy)
than freebsd-update was, to the point that it can replace deployment
from src for a lot of users, and the cluster would be a good test case
for that.  but that's not a requirement to ship pkgbase.