Re: RFC: Renaming "FreeBSD" repo in /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf to "FreeBSD-ports"

> On Aug 19, 2025, at 8:25 PM, Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> wrote:
> 
> On 8/19/25 17:17, Mark Millard wrote:
>> Colin Percival <cperciva_at_freebsd.org> wrote:
>>> With pkgbase being the intended way for users to manage 15.0 systems,
>>> the current default /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf gives rise to confusion: It
>>> defines a "FreeBSD" pkg repository which is in fact specifically bits
>>> maintained *outside* of FreeBSD (and packaged via the ports tree).
>> Not that I consider an appropriate answer obvious, but
>> the file names as well as the content in the file? :
>> /etc/pkg/FreeBSD-ports.conf ?
> 
> I wasn't planning on changing the file name, no.

Why is then this file named “FreeBSD.conf” ?

It is unclear to me what the “FreeBSD” part of the filename is supposed to reflect, if this is just a file for configuring pkg.

Perhaps this issue will be cleared after the FreeBSD -> FreeBSD-ports renaming.

Thanks,
Matteo